Michael Galant is a senior researcher at the Center for Economic and Policy Research.

April 3, 2026

Analysis

Producing Scarcity

Sanctions on the Venezuelan central bank

The US siege of Venezuela has crippled the country's financial system. What are the preconditions for its recovery?

April 3, 2025

Analysis

The Fourth Transformation

The political economy of Claudia Sheinbaum’s popularity

As anti-incumbent sentiment toppled governments around the world in 2024, Mexico’s Morena won in a landslide, and the presidency was passed from Andrés Manuel López Obrador to Claudia Sheinbaum. Their electoral resiliency is rooted in Morena’s long-term reform project.