Mexican politics, policy, and markets for the global reader. Click to read The Mexico Political Economist, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

Beyond its apparent neutrality, Mexico has a deep and bizarre relationship with the region.

Mexico's State-owned oil company went from hero to zero. What went so wrong?

MXPE Weekly Essentials ft. income redistribution, SpaceX debris, and other highlights in Mexican politics, policy, and markets from the past week.

Critics are silenced as government officials are seen to rule in their own self-interest.

The Mexican political system is set up to protect its many political parties over all else.

MXPE Weekly Essentials ft. Mexican companies gang up in AT&T, former president accused, and other highlights in Mexican politics, policy, and markets from the past week.

MXPE Weekly Essentials ft. fallout from US Treasury bank bank, Mexico sneaks in tariffs by another name, and other highlights in Mexican politics, policy, and markets from the past week.

Mexican politics, policy, and markets for the global reader. Click to read The Mexico Political Economist, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

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MXPE Weekly Essentials ft. giving houses to squatters, a bright spot in US-Mexico cooperation, and other highlights in Mexican politics, policy, and markets from the past week.

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MXPE Weekly Essentials ft. import backdoor busted, diminishing returns in investments, and other highlights in Mexican politics, policy, and markets from the past week.

MXPE Weekly Essentials ft. unwanted military interventions, banking investment, transparency in Yucatán, and other highlights in Mexican politics, policy, and markets from the past week.

Novice judges and useless politicians force civil society to prepare for Mexico’s most controversial election.

It will be a bonanza for the cartels though.

Mexico’s war with YouTube’s biggest influencer, museums, telecoms fight, and other highlights in Mexican politics, policy, and markets from the past week.

The state of every sector Mexico is seeking to super-charge.

Genuine progress requires bold action, not piecemeal policy.

Censorship bill censored, mining undermined, auto tariff discounts, and other highlights in Mexican politics, policy, and markets from the past week.

Where Mexico stands re:Trump tariffs now—and why it's promising news, an ill-advised oil ban, music censorship, and other highlights in Mexican politics, policy, and markets from the past week.

A historic tax haul is covered in the fingerprints of the government's most quietly powerful man.

Tariffs don’t scare Mexican automakers; the US needs them more than it thinks.

Sheinbaum: The last neoliberal, murder falls, grocery war, and other highlights in Mexican politics, policy, and markets from the past week.

The Mexican president’s support is not as solid as it seems.

Listen now | A history of ideological contradiction makes it tough to decide whether Mexicans are really progressive or utterly conservative.

The biggest winner could be the Chinese auto industry.

Mexico knows threats are Trump’s policy. It’s avoiding knee jerk retaliation.

Mexico knows threats are Trump’s policy. It’s avoiding knee jerk retaliation.

The benefits of negotiating with Trump, Mexico’s millionaires, and other highlights in Mexican politics, policy, and markets from the past week.

Listen now | The history of Mexican poverty and inequality in 5 stats.

The campaigns actually make drug abuse worse and distract from the real, tough solutions.

Unpicking US fake news about Mexico, $1 billion from Netflix, and other highlights in Mexican politics, policy, and markets from the past week.

Listen now | Zoom out from everyday violence to see how Mexico became a cartel stronghold.

The biggest winner could be the Chinese auto industry.

The biggest winner could be the Chinese auto industry.

Listen now | The history of Mexican poverty and inequality in 5 stats.

Political dynasties against nepotism and reelection, the fight for housing, car exports down while production’s up, and other highlights in Mexican politics, policy, and markets from the past week.

Unpacking the Mexican government’s ambitious semiconductor industrial policy.

Unpacking the Mexican government’s ambitious semiconductor industrial policy.

Why Sheinbaum remains popular (it’s not her tariff triumph), petrol export pause, lobbies in Congress, and other highlights in Mexican politics, policy, and markets from the past week.

Listen now | Zoom out from everyday violence to see how Mexico became a cartel stronghold.

Mexico cannot ditch the US completely, but it should diversify its economy away from it.

Mexico’s best retaliation is inaction, productivity to replace imports, oil quagmires, and other highlights in Mexican politics, policy, and markets from the past week.

Posturing and government ineptitude are exacerbating issues surrounding genetically modified maize.

Trade war by other means, Mexico didn’t turn back Trump’s planes, not worried about remittances, and other highlights in Mexican politics, policy, and markets from the past week.

Mexico: The Podcast · Episode