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And true to form, Mexico screwed it up. The corn producers will just send all their corn to the US and make loads of money and abandon the local tortilla market. Now instead of having expensive tortillas, they will have none at all. This situation can be blamed on one entity: the Mexican government. Of course, people will blame everyone else--the US, George Bush, Drivers, capitalism etc.
I expect the corn will go where it fetches the most money. If American drivers are willing to pay more than the average Mexican peasant is willing (or able) to pay, then it will come Norte. No bureaucratic bungling necessary.
Of course, there are things that we can do to mitigate the consequences:
Have I forgotten anything???
Yes, the obvious thing: the Mexicans can grow more corn and be a part of the bonanza. This will lower the price of corn and then Juan and Maria can afford their tortillas again. Bonus points if Juan and Maria invest in corn or ethanol-related companies.
Actually, the Pseudo-Free Market comes to mind as a culprit here.
Is the market not designed to make the rich even more rich, and the poor even poorer?
Surely the market is contrived and it is contrived often to benefit some people at the expense of others.
Economist John Gray's work comes to mind as a good balance to the "Free Market" agit prop we are spoon fed so often.
Just a thought.