MEXICO Flashcards
Patel paper title
you have become Mexican
Patel - Agro is NOT a -
pyramid
Patel - ____ often poorer than farmers
consumers (BOP)
Patel - Free Trade meant that corn -
could be grown in USA / destroying Pesos
Patel - at least environmental devistation happened -
on both sides of the border
Patel - city centers present regional foods to -
create nationalism / centralize groups
Patel - economist predicted “sucking sound”
as 3rd world supposed to rise and overtake the 1st
Patel - “sucking sound” not from 3rd world growth, but -
rural to urban migration
Patel - suicide numbers are -
not good measure of quality of life / problems
Patel - Mexico has more _ than milk
Coke
Patel - Petrodollars =
money from sale of oil
Patel - what caused Mexican economic crash?
Petrodollars & unbridled loans
Patel - even though subsidized, even ___ farmers operating at a loss -
USA
Galvez - paper title
“eating NAFTA”
Galvez - small stores can no longer compete with -
Walmart and Walmart knock-offs