Mexico's Economic Growth Failure: Decades in the Making 

712dal that's really what they told everyone? Wow

NAFTA was never good for workers in any of the countries. All it did was give banks and multi-national corporations access to the markets without any restrictions while protecting them from individual country regulations.

It built up the cartels, even the show Narcos covered that

Christobal Colombo It certainly helped the cartels but they already had a big boost from the CIA. Remember both the Iran-Contra deal and that Pablo Escobar...head of the Medellin cartel...was a "paid informant" of the CIA.

712dal It has there transportation systems are far ahead of the US new highways more up to date infrastructure have you been to Mexico lately?

Theosphilus Thistler that would be welcome

You mean you would welcome the branding of AMLO of as a dictator, the support of ongoing violent and non-violent coup attempts, economic war against Mexico, the hording of basic consumer goods by oligopolies, manipulation of local and world media, talk of a "military option"...etc etc in response to, say, a new government trying to nationalise something or provide a social service?

Haha. No. Obviously not. I would welcome nationalizing healthcare, air service, etc. like more civilized countries. Corporations in the US have people so brainwashed that it wouldn't really come to all of the things you mentioned anyway.

I doubt that "AMLO" is much of a threat to the U.S. He'll probably continue most of the same right-wing policies with a bit of liberal window dressing.

nicholas darraugh May as well, for he's saying nothing.

Unfortunately, most people are not living comfortably. They live barely above poverty and are facing a constant and increasing risk of falling into poverty because of a lack of well paying, secure jobs and social programs. The problem with a super rich 1% is that they achieved their success through a system they rigged in their favour. Once you reach the top, kick the ladder away so no one else can compete to achieve the same level of success. The 'job market doesn't offer opportunity for success, only a lifetime of oppression and exploitation to maintain a system of extreme inequality. "Big life choices" are not choices at all, but the acts of people who cannot access the education required to become successful and live in situations where they must resort to crime in order to survive. The ruling elites have criminalized the things poor people need to do to survive and have decriminalized the crimes rich people commit to steal from the poor, in order to maintain their wealth and power. Billionaires like Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos etc...became successful because all the costly and risky R&D was paid for by the government ie. the public sector, often through funding universities like MIT and handed over to the private sector, especially high tech for the military industrial complex afterwards, to create monopolies for the private sector. I highly recommend you read the works of individuals who are critical of the system, otherwise you will continue to pose questions online, that highlight your ignorance of how the world works

Stranded in Utah I think you dropped out of middle school and never went back...you claim there is an infinite amount of wealth then why as Bill Gates and the 1% continue to vacuum up wealth out of this country that more and more people slip into poverty and bankruptcy? This 1% you speak of IS THE PROBLEM...they have completely corrupted our election system with bribery and the middle class on down has little or no power left anymore. All the recent marching and protesting by the citizenry was mainly completely ignored by our politicians and had very little impact. Look at the last 2 presidential candidates mainly only pandered to rich people, only Bernie gave full attention to the little guys...wake up buddy...you sound like a fool!!!

What nonsense. 'Money is not finite'. Really!? Money is tied - at some point - to actual wealth, to bread, to housing..or for the rich, to yachts and homes in the Hamptons. There is a finite amount of wealth and when it is hoarded by a few it is unavailable to the many. The great myth of capitalism is that great wealth is independent of great poverty, when, in fact, excessive wealth *creates*, is, indeed, based on, dire poverty.