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Why isn't Mexico Rich?
- joeycfan 16y agoBecause it's a kleptoaucracy - the bad guys won there a long time ago, the fix is in everywhere, the police are thieves, the judges are bigger thieves and it goes all the up and all the way down and everything is a scam. Running a capitalistic civilization is actually a high moral calling, something that seems to be almost forgotten today.
- hga 16y agoHere's an important reason that I bet isn't in this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Slim http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Slim (Important background that curiously enough isn't in either Slim's or the NYT's Wikipedia entries: http://www.google.com/search?q=Carlos+Slim+new+york+times http://www.google.com/search?q=Carlos+Slim+new+york+times)