Global economists are losing their minds over central bank stagnation and trade uncertainty, but local expats are entirely insulated from the panic by the fact that right-hand peelers at Cerritos are firing. Nobody in Baja gives a single damn about monetary policy when the Pacific is pumping a clean four-foot swell. As international markets fret over geopolitical risks, local retirees are successfully negotiating a two-dollar taco price hike without shedding a tear.