Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman and former Israeli prime minister Shimon Peres were among the keynote speakers at the 13th Mexico Business Summit that took place this week at Expo Guadalajara.
The non-profit, privately-led event started Sunday also welcomed Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, who spoke at a plenary luncheon.
The summit describes itself as an independent platform that “brings together political and business leaders, along with thought and media personalities from Mexico and abroad to think the future of Mexico in a changing global context.”
The by-invitation-only event seeks to “connect Mexico with the global environment in which businesses have to operate and compete, and creating the context for a fruitful dialogue with Mexico’s economic partners.”
Krugman, winner of the Nobel Prize for Economic Science in 2008, spoke Sunday evening on “Mexico’s way out of the emerging markets ‘bad spot.’”
Krugman rejected the possibility that Mexico was in danger of a new economic crisis but emphasized that the reforms enacted by Peña Nieto at the start of his administration have so far not produced the anticipated growth many had hoped for.
Peres, aged 92, spoke on Tuesday on “The fight for peace in today’s world.” A two-time prime minister of Israel, Peres won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 and served as Israel’s president from 2007 to 2014.