Friday, October 4, 2013

How Tacos Explain Mexico's Labor Market

MEXICO CITY-On a recent afternoon, Daniel Soto, a 36-year-old chef and entrepreneur, scrutinized the pedestrians passing in front of his brilliant orange food truck a few blocks away from the white, ultramodern, glass-paneled Reforma 222 mixed-use shopping center, at the border between Mexico City's downtown financial district and the city's trendy Roma Norte neighborhood. In Mexico City, these two paradoxical aspects of the country's economy often coexist within the same city block. Mexico City's young professionals dine at a mix of modern, formal restaurants and old-school informal street stands. Investors are opening a new wave of world-class restaurants in many neighborhoods in Mexico's capital city, targeting the growing budgets of the city's upwardly mobile young professionals.

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