Luis Rubio is chairman of CIDAC (Center of Research for Development), an independent research institution devoted to the study of economic and political policy issues. He is a prolific writer on political, economic, financial and international subjects. Before joining CIDAC, in the 1970’s he was planning director of Citibank in Mexico and served as an adviser to Mexico’s Secretary of the Treasury. He has served on the boards of The Mexico Equity and Income Fund and of The Central European Value Fund, Inc., and is a former member of the board of directors of Banamex and Banco Obrero. He served in the board of directors of The Human Rights Commission of the Federal District and is member of the Trilateral Commission. He is a contributing editor of Reforma and his analyses and opinions often appear in major newspapers and journals in Mexico, the US and Europe (New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, International Herald Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, National Public Radio). Winner of the APRA book award 1985. In 1993 he was given the Dag Hammarskjöld award and in 1998 the National Journalism Award for op-ed pieces. He is author and editor of forty six books, including Mexico’s Dilemma: The Political Origins of Economic Crisis; Political Reform: necessary component of modernity; and Mexico: a Middle Class Society: Poor no more, Developed not yet. In 2013 he published Mexico Matters: Change in Mexico and its impact upon the United States and his most recent book is NAFTA at Twenty: a political and strategic perspective. He holds a diploma in Financial Management, a MMBA, and his MA and PhD in political science are from Brandeis University
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