Introduction

Mexico is an economy that should be rich. It has a large and relatively skilled population, it has a direct land border with the world's top economy and biggest consumer market. So why has Mexico's growth stalled while its industrial opportunities have become far more lucrative? Are there economic drawbacks to being so close to the world's largest economy and if there are, can Mexico do anything to get around these issues? To have done all of that we can put Mexico on the Economics Explained National Leaderboard.