The firm blames its bankruptcy on onerous labour contracts, under which it says pilots earn 49% more than their counterparts at big American airlines although America is a rich country and Mexico is not.

ECONOMIST: Mexican airlines

Similarly, it buys most of its films from KirchMedia, which has onerous long-term contracts with most Hollywood studios.

ECONOMIST: Kirch

While at Akin Gump, in the early 1980s, Rogers waded into the fight between natural gas suppliers and pipeline operators, who were refusing to buy gas under onerous "take-or-pay" contracts.

FORBES: A Dirty Game