Donald Trump’s ongoing trade war against China benefits México and I am hoping Trump continues it. Yes, you […]
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It is the common understanding that American elections are determined based on how the electorate feels about the […]
Donald Trump promised to end the “disastrous” NAFTA agreement as soon as he took office. Then, reality slapped […]
In case you are in the market for a washing machine, get ready to pay more for it. […]
Trickle down economics is a dirty word for many readers. Apparently, the notion is that trickle down economics […]
On Tuesday I received my iPhone X, after waiting almost a month to have it my hands. The […]
There is now doubt that the Mexican economy is heavily dependent upon NAFTA. The Mexican economy was battered […]
In 2006, the City of El Paso paid $100,000 to a dubious research firm to create the Glass […]
On Tuesday, the Fourth Round of NAFTA negotiations concluded. Leading the U.S. delegation was United States Trade Representative […]
In 1991, I published “A Hesitant Handshake Between Neighbors”. It was a writeup about NAFTA. In the essay […]
Author’s note: This is part 3 of 3 The proponents of the common market scheme knew of México’s […]
Author’s note: This is part 1 of 3 The United States will go to war for oil rang […]
It seems that some readers of the blog are wondering if I am going to go back to […]
I have posted many blog posts about how El Paso’s economy is a failed economy that relies on […]
Those who observe Mexico and Mexican politics normally comment about the inherent nationalism that Mexicans tend towards. Sovereignty […]
Carlos Slim Helú, one of the top ten richest men in the world met with Donald Trump last […]
Today, I would like to start laying out my immigration study for you. As you might remember from […]
I have written before and told my friends that I have never felt discriminated against because of the […]
For some years now I have been reading and hearing commentary about how NAFTA has been bad for […]
Every election, whether national or regional, there are numerous politicians that promise to either bring back jobs to […]
I like metrics and have been compiling metrics for different things since I was child. One of my […]
As many of you likely know, today voters in Great Britain are voting on a referendum that will […]
(Counterpoint: The following is a guest editorial submitted by Barbara Carrasco. Occasionally, I will publish counterpoints submitted by […]
In 1989 I was facing an unplanned career change. As a child I had focused on becoming a […]
As you have probably heard, Donald Trump wants to build a wall between the United States and Mexico, […]
Almost everyone understands that the key to a good job is an education in a trade or a […]
As some of you know, I have been in business for myself for about 24 years. In that […]
In its continuing quest to erase the uniqueness that is El Paso, the Borderplex Alliance went out and […]
The whole argument for the ballpark was that it was going to be the catalyst for the city’s […]
If you were not watching the city council meeting on Tuesday, you likely missed the discussion about “Lift […]
As many of you know, I have been documenting the many indicators for the El Paso economy that […]
My two articles last week focused on the impending economic doom of El Paso and the resulting tax […]
Through many blog posts, I have been showing how your taxes will be rising soon and that there […]
Those opposed to the ballpark fiasco continually pointed out that the economics did not make sense. That it […]
“There is something in the air.” A conspiracy was created in 2000 to drive El Paso into bankruptcy. […]
I read an article on a magazine the other day about the notion that innovators should just do […]
From the onset of the ballpark scam I wrote about how faulty the economic basis for the […]
It never ceases to amaze me how much history I come across in my various research projects that […]
Typical El Paso, it acts nothing like the ninetieth largest city in the nation and more like a […]
A few years ago, I had a conversation with some friends about the practice of tipping servers every […]