Destiny Calling
First off, full disclosure: Omar Z. is a friend – though one I’ve mostly gotten to know through blog stuff – so I’m sure I’m not the most...
Politics
Arreaza's Culprit
Days ago, I had a good laugh at VP Jorge Arreaza’s bizarre contention that there was some kind of private conspiracy to jack up the monetary liquidity numbers...
Rigged
In a normal country, this story would be making headlines all over the place. In Venezuela, this week…not so much. Venezuela has quietly seized control of two oil...
Meanwhile, back at the farm
Amidst the typhoon of crazy we have had to suffer courtesy of Nicolás Maduro, we haven’t even had time to discuss this more deeply: Maduro has ordered anti-aircraft...
Over on PanfletoNegro: Dakanomics
I felt this one really needed to be written in Spanish. Entendámonos, lo que molesta no es que una tienda venda a precios absurdamente caros, sino que todas lo hacen. Para el gobierno, todos los...
Operation Reduce Prices
This bit from the Google Memoryhole has been making the rounds: Harare, Monday 16 July 2007 – Zimbabweans are shopping like there’s no tomorrow. With police patrolling the aisles of Harare’s...
Time Warp Monday
Check this out… Latin America’s economic history seems to repeat itself endlessly, following irregular and dramatic cycles. This sense of circularity is particularly striking with respect to the...
BoP Crisis ain't just a river in Egypt
There’s an awful lot to digest in FRod’s latest research note on Venezuela’s national accounts for Bank of America, enough to keep me going for more than a...
GosPlan in the Tropics
If memory serves, I first told @Econ_Vzla he should start a blog around 2005. Guy’s eight years late, but I’m so glad he finally listened. Durante los años de...
Maduro Brings to Appliances all the Dynamism of the Apartment Rental Market
It’s been a shocking day: the image of people calmly lining up to buy forcibly discounted appliances was a lot to take on. The scene was repeated again...
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