Kirjahaku

For the past twenty-eight years I have traveled to and periodically lived in Mexico. As an extranjero I have enjoyed the advantage of association with nearly every social strata-from descamisados in ciudades perdidas to members of the elite. These have been my maestros, and I owe them a great deal.

In development studies it is widely recognized that state intervention has been more profound in Mexico than elsewhere in Latin America. Since the 1930s, successive governments have actively adopted import substitution as a means of spurring economic growth, often with spectacular results. The collapse of the petro-boom in 1982, however, brought an