{"id":1501,"date":"2026-05-20T13:06:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T17:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techrevlac.org\/?p=1501"},"modified":"2026-06-25T12:38:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T16:38:12","slug":"mexico-construyo-industria-y-luego-se-estanco-entre-1940-y-1970","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techrevlac.org\/es\/blog\/mexico-built-industry-then-stalled-1940-1970\/","title":{"rendered":"M\u00e9xico Construy\u00f3 Industria, Luego se Detuvo: 1940-1970."},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"h-protection-outlasted-competitive-discipline\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">La protecci\u00f3n super\u00f3 a la disciplina competitiva.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El impulso industrial de M\u00e9xico a mediados de siglo a\u00fan moldea los debates sobre la industria verde y el cambio econ\u00f3mico liderado por el estado en Am\u00e9rica Latina. De 1940 a 1970, el pa\u00eds creci\u00f3 m\u00e1s del 6 por ciento anual mientras los precios se manten\u00edan estables. Sin embargo, el modelo tambi\u00e9n produjo desequilibrios estructurales y una d\u00e9bil competitividad. El problema no fue la debilidad de la inversi\u00f3n ni la debilidad del estado. Fue protecci\u00f3n sin disciplina posterior. Las empresas crecieron detr\u00e1s de barreras, pero no tuvieron que competir. Ese es el punto central. M\u00e9xico construy\u00f3 capacidad industrial, pero el proceso se estanc\u00f3 porque la competencia nunca reemplaz\u00f3 la protecci\u00f3n. Este ensayo explica qu\u00e9 cambi\u00f3, qu\u00e9 lo impuls\u00f3 y qu\u00e9 hizo el estado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-the-state-redirected-capital-to-industry\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">El estado redirigi\u00f3 capital a la industria.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-public-money-and-labor-moved-into-industry\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">El dinero y la mano de obra p\u00fablicos se trasladaron a la industria.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La inversi\u00f3n p\u00fablica expandi\u00f3 la energ\u00eda, el transporte y el riego. Al mismo tiempo, NAFINSA, el <a href=\"https:\/\/techrevlac.org\/es\/blog\/corea-credito-cambio\/\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"718\">Banco de desarrollo estatal<\/a>, impuls\u00f3 las finanzas hacia la industria pesada y manufacturera. La mano de obra tambi\u00e9n se movi\u00f3. La participaci\u00f3n urbana de la poblaci\u00f3n aument\u00f3 del 35 por ciento al 66 por ciento, mientras que el empleo manufacturero creci\u00f3 de aproximadamente 670.000 a m\u00e1s de 2,2 millones de trabajadores. El dinero tambi\u00e9n se movi\u00f3 a trav\u00e9s de canales estatales. El cr\u00e9dito subsidiado y el endeudamiento externo controlado apoyaron a las empresas industriales, mientras que la agricultura perdi\u00f3 capital y competitividad debido a que los precios agr\u00edcolas se mantuvieron bajos y el cr\u00e9dito era escaso.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-rules-shielded-firms-from-market-pressure\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Las regulaciones protegieron a las empresas de la presi\u00f3n del mercado.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El estado reemplaz\u00f3 los aranceles con <a href=\"https:\/\/techrevlac.org\/es\/blog\/la-transformacion-de-brasil-de-1930-a-1980\/\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"716\">importar licencias<\/a> que bloqueaban las importaciones cuando hab\u00eda sustitutos nacionales disponibles. Eso desconect\u00f3 a las empresas de las se\u00f1ales de precios globales, o de los precios que habr\u00edan enfrentado en mercados abiertos. Las leyes para \u201cindustrias nuevas y necesarias\u201d otorgaron grandes exenciones fiscales, mientras que las reglas de contenido nacional obligaron a las empresas a comprar insumos internamente. Las instituciones laborales mantuvieron los salarios estables y redujeron el conflicto industrial, pero tambi\u00e9n debilitaron el v\u00ednculo entre el pago y la productividad. Luego, los bancos de desarrollo asignaron capital por prioridad pol\u00edtica en lugar de riesgo de mercado. Esas reglas moldearon c\u00f3mo las empresas entraron, crecieron y sobrevivieron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-political-stability-hid-widening-economic-divides\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">La estabilidad pol\u00edtica ocultaba crecientes divisiones econ\u00f3micas.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El PRI se mantuvo unido a <a href=\"https:\/\/techrevlac.org\/es\/blog\/mexico-gano-el-poder-estatal-1910-1940\/\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"704\">coalici\u00f3n corporativista<\/a> de trabajadores, campesinos y \u00e9lites industriales. En la pr\u00e1ctica, el partido gobernante incorpor\u00f3 a grupos clave en un solo sistema pol\u00edtico y gestion\u00f3 sus demandas desde el centro. El resultado fueron d\u00e9cadas de estabilidad pol\u00edtica. El empleo industrial y la r\u00e1pida urbanizaci\u00f3n cambiaron la estructura de clases, pero la distribuci\u00f3n del ingreso empeor\u00f3. Entre 1950 y 1969, el 50 por ciento inferior recibi\u00f3 una menor parte del ingreso. La desigualdad rural-urbana tambi\u00e9n se ampli\u00f3, y los ingresos urbanos alcanzaron cuatro veces los ingresos rurales. A fines de la d\u00e9cada de 1960, la productividad agr\u00edcola se hab\u00eda estancado mientras aumentaba la presi\u00f3n demogr\u00e1fica. Eso aument\u00f3 <a href=\"https:\/\/techrevlac.org\/es\/blog\/el-auge-industrial-de-mexico-de-1963-a-1973-trajo-consigo-ganancias-y-tensiones\/\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"703\">estr\u00e9s de la balanza de pagos<\/a>, o sobre el tipo de cambio, y tensi\u00f3n social, incluso cuando el sistema pol\u00edtico se mantuvo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-the-model-expanded-but-selection-stayed-weak\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">El modelo se expandi\u00f3, pero la selecci\u00f3n se mantuvo d\u00e9bil.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-the-state-created-new-sectors-by-design\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">El estado cre\u00f3 nuevos sectores por dise\u00f1o.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El estado introdujo nuevos sectores a trav\u00e9s de cr\u00e9dito espec\u00edfico, subsidios y protecci\u00f3n. El acero, los productos qu\u00edmicos y los equipos de transporte fueron centrales para el caso. Tambi\u00e9n construy\u00f3 nuevas herramientas de pol\u00edtica, incluyendo licencias de importaci\u00f3n, bancos de desarrollo y, despu\u00e9s de 1965, el enclave <a href=\"https:\/\/techrevlac.org\/es\/blog\/haiti-anos-1970-crecimiento-autoritario-avances-fragiles\/\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"717\">modelo de enclave maquilador<\/a>. En la pr\u00e1ctica, <a href=\"https:\/\/techrevlac.org\/es\/blog\/mexico-1994-2007-crecimiento-sin-politica-de-difusion-para-transiciones\/\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"705\">Las maquiladoras eran plantas de ensamblaje de exportaci\u00f3n<\/a> que importaban la mayor\u00eda de sus insumos y vend\u00edan sus productos en el extranjero. Estas herramientas produjeron varios modelos de producci\u00f3n, desde empresas nacionales protegidas hasta operaciones de ensamblaje para exportaci\u00f3n. Pero esa variaci\u00f3n fue curada. Proven\u00eda del dise\u00f1o del estado, no de la libre entrada y competencia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-protection-let-weak-firms-keep-operating\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">La protecci\u00f3n permite que las empresas d\u00e9biles sigan operando.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Las licencias de importaci\u00f3n eliminaron la mayor parte de la competencia externa. Como resultado, las empresas ineficientes pod\u00edan sobrevivir sin importar el costo o la calidad. La protecci\u00f3n efectiva promedi\u00f3 el 34 por ciento en 1960 y aument\u00f3 al 50 por ciento para 1970. El cr\u00e9dito subsidiado luego reforz\u00f3 el problema al permitir que las empresas operaran sin una restricci\u00f3n presupuestaria estricta, lo que significaba que pod\u00edan seguir operando sin la presi\u00f3n del mercado para mejorar. La falta de competencia fue la falla central. Las empresas se expandieron y acumularon capital, pero no tuvieron que aumentar la productividad. El crecimiento continu\u00f3 por un tiempo, pero la ineficiencia se arraig\u00f3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-learning-spread-but-it-stopped-short\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">El aprendizaje se extendi\u00f3, pero se detuvo.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La tecnolog\u00eda y las pr\u00e1cticas organizativas se difundieron a trav\u00e9s de la coordinaci\u00f3n estatal y los acuerdos de concesi\u00f3n de licencias, a menudo mediante empresas conjuntas o empresas dirigidas por el Estado. Los v\u00ednculos industriales tambi\u00e9n se profundizaron a medida que los sectores se abastec\u00edan mutuamente de m\u00e1s insumos. Esto hizo que el sistema nacional estuviera m\u00e1s integrado. Sin embargo, el aprendizaje se estanc\u00f3 en la frontera, ya que las empresas ten\u00edan poca exposici\u00f3n a la competencia global y la innovaci\u00f3n nacional segu\u00eda siendo d\u00e9bil. El modelo de las maquiladoras mostr\u00f3 claramente el l\u00edmite. Gener\u00f3 empleos y exportaciones, pero solo entre el 1 % y el 21 % de los insumos proven\u00edan de proveedores nacionales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-the-state-scaled-industry-but-not-discipline\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">El estado escal\u00f3 la industria, pero no la disciplina.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-the-state-coordinated-industry-through-administrative-control\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">El estado coordin\u00f3 la industria a trav\u00e9s del control administrativo.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El estado construy\u00f3 una coalici\u00f3n de \u00e9lites industriales, sindicatos y circunscripciones rurales. A cambio de lealtad pol\u00edtica, ofreci\u00f3 protecci\u00f3n y cr\u00e9dito. Molde\u00f3 los mercados a trav\u00e9s de licencias de importaci\u00f3n, reglas de contenido nacional y subsidios dirigidos que establecieron prioridades sectoriales. La protecci\u00f3n hizo m\u00e1s que corregir fallas del mercado. Hizo del estado, no del mercado, el principal mecanismo de selecci\u00f3n. Eso ayud\u00f3 a las empresas a escalar r\u00e1pidamente, pero pospuso la disciplina que la competencia habr\u00eda impuesto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-public-services-lowered-costs-but-unevenly\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Los servicios p\u00fablicos redujeron costos, pero de manera desigual.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La inversi\u00f3n en energ\u00eda, transporte e irrigaci\u00f3n redujo los costos para las empresas industriales y expandi\u00f3 la capacidad. Electricidad subsidiada y <a href=\"https:\/\/techrevlac.org\/es\/blog\/el-auge-petrolero-de-mexico-de-1977-1981-impulso-el-crecimiento-y-la-deuda\/\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"710\">combustible de empresas estatales<\/a> desvi\u00f3 recursos p\u00fablicos hacia la industria privada y aceler\u00f3 la acumulaci\u00f3n de capital. La educaci\u00f3n tambi\u00e9n se expandi\u00f3, y la tasa de alfabetizaci\u00f3n ascendi\u00f3 a alrededor del 83 por ciento. Esto permiti\u00f3 contar con una fuerza laboral industrial m\u00e1s numerosa. Sin embargo, los bienes p\u00fablicos rurales se quedaron rezagados, mientras que la inversi\u00f3n productiva sigui\u00f3 siendo desigual. As\u00ed pues, el sistema reforz\u00f3 el dualismo \u2014o la divisi\u00f3n entre una econom\u00eda urbana m\u00e1s fuerte y una rural m\u00e1s d\u00e9bil\u2014 en lugar de la integraci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-the-state-never-planned-the-end-of-protection\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">El estado nunca plane\u00f3 el fin de la protecci\u00f3n.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El Estado mostr\u00f3 flexibilidad en su manejo macroecon\u00f3mico. Un tipo de cambio fijo mantuvo baja la inflaci\u00f3n y aparecieron enclaves exportadores, como las maquiladoras, cuando se endurecieron las restricciones. Pero el Estado nunca dise\u00f1\u00f3 una salida cre\u00edble de la protecci\u00f3n. Las empresas no se expusieron a la competencia a medida que crec\u00edan sus capacidades. La reforma fiscal tambi\u00e9n se mantuvo limitada porque <a href=\"https:\/\/techrevlac.org\/es\/blog\/mexico-1982-85-cuando-la-deuda-se-apodero-del-estado\/\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"709\">bajos ingresos fiscales<\/a> redujo la sala para un ajuste a largo plazo. Sin un cambio de la protecci\u00f3n a la competencia, el modelo fij\u00f3 una selecci\u00f3n d\u00e9bil y una transformaci\u00f3n m\u00e1s lenta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-what-mexico-s-experience-still-tells-us\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lo que la experiencia de M\u00e9xico a\u00fan nos dice.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La protecci\u00f3n puede construir industria, pero debe tener un final claro. M\u00e9xico muestra lo que sucede cuando el aislamiento dura demasiado. Las empresas ganan escala, pero no eficiencia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La secuenciaci\u00f3n importaba m\u00e1s que la elecci\u00f3n del instrumento. El estado aline\u00f3 eficazmente las finanzas, la protecci\u00f3n y la estabilidad macroecon\u00f3mica. Pero no supo programar bien la transici\u00f3n a la competencia. Esa demora se convirti\u00f3 en la restricci\u00f3n central.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El financiamiento de la industria mediante la extracci\u00f3n de la agricultura crea l\u00edmites dif\u00edciles. M\u00e9xico se bas\u00f3 en los bajos precios agr\u00edcolas para transferir recursos a la industria. Eso debilit\u00f3 la productividad rural y aument\u00f3 la dependencia del tipo de cambio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El dise\u00f1o institucional da forma a c\u00f3mo las empresas aprenden y sobreviven. El control administrativo puede crear variaci\u00f3n y escala. Pero tambi\u00e9n debilita la selecci\u00f3n. Sin un control m\u00e1s fuerte <a href=\"https:\/\/techrevlac.org\/es\/blog\/la-disciplina-detras-del-milagro-aprendiendo-de-taiwan-y-corea\/\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"706\">presi\u00f3n por rendir<\/a>, las empresas no alcanzan las fronteras de productividad global.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La estabilidad macroecon\u00f3mica puede apoyar el crecimiento y al mismo tiempo ocultar debilidades m\u00e1s profundas. El tipo de cambio fijo de M\u00e9xico mantuvo baja la inflaci\u00f3n. Pero con el tiempo, tambi\u00e9n hizo que la moneda fuera demasiado fuerte y redujo la competitividad en sectores fuera de la protecci\u00f3n. Para los responsables de pol\u00edticas de ALC de hoy, la lecci\u00f3n es pr\u00e1ctica. Desarrollar la capacidad bajo protecci\u00f3n, luego forzar un cambio hacia la competencia a trav\u00e9s de la disciplina comercial, financiera y de exportaci\u00f3n. M\u00e9xico muestra el costo de no lograr ese cambio. La protecci\u00f3n construy\u00f3 una industria, pero sin un punto final cre\u00edble, tambi\u00e9n consolid\u00f3 empresas d\u00e9biles y el estancamiento estructural.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Protection outlasted competitive discipline. Mexico&#8217;s mid-century industrial push still shapes debates over green industry and state-led economic change in Latin America. From 1940 to 1970, the country grew by more than 6 percent a year while prices stayed stable. Yet the model also produced structural imbalances and weak competitiveness. 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Gran parte de lo que reconocemos en la vida moderna surgi\u00f3 durante este periodo: autom\u00f3viles, aviones, refrigeradores, televisores y portacontenedores. Estas innovaciones moldearon las ciudades, reconfiguraron las rutas comerciales y reordenaron la jerarqu\u00eda global. 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A principios de la d\u00e9cada de 1990, el pa\u00eds ten\u00eda menos de cinco l\u00edneas telef\u00f3nicas fijas por cada 100 habitantes, listas de espera de varios a\u00f1os para las conexiones y una red de cobre geogr\u00e1ficamente desigual y concentrada en las principales\u2026","rel":"","context":"En \u00abPolicy Brief\u00bb","block_context":{"text":"Policy Brief","link":"https:\/\/techrevlac.org\/es\/blog\/category\/policy-brief\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Timeline showing telephone adoption in Mexico from early 1990s landlines to prepaid phone cards around 2000 and mobile phones with cellular towers in the late 2000s.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techrevlac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-26-at-5.01.36-PM.png?fit=1178%2C780&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techrevlac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-26-at-5.01.36-PM.png?fit=1178%2C780&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techrevlac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-26-at-5.01.36-PM.png?fit=1178%2C780&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techrevlac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-26-at-5.01.36-PM.png?fit=1178%2C780&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techrevlac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-26-at-5.01.36-PM.png?fit=1178%2C780&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":367,"url":"https:\/\/techrevlac.org\/es\/blog\/why-reforms-fail-five-functions-for-change-in-lac\/","url_meta":{"origin":1501,"position":4},"title":"\u00bfPor qu\u00e9 fallan las reformas? 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