Portfirio and the Economy of Mexico

Diaz steered lawyers and intellectuals away from politics, pushed them into working on the concessions and contracts with foreign companies. He also increased the number of public officials nine times over and he kept them paid. So his policy was Pan-opalo, bread or the stick. Well, that's better than Pablo Escobar,. I don't think we'll ever get to Pablo Escobar in this podcast. We'll see.