as much as 50 percent between 1983 and '88, are on the rebound. The economy has begun to grow again.
So successful have the reforms been that the Economist (Feb. 13, 1993) declares that President Carlos Salinas de Gortari, who took office in 1988, "has a claim to be hailed as one of the great men of the 20th century." It is a tribute to how far Salinas has taken Mexico that the 24-member Organiza- tion for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is taking seriously the application...