The roadmap, part II: welcome to the world
(This is the second in a series of posts on where Venezuela stands on the list of characteristics shared by high-growth economies, as highlighted in The Growth Report;...
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Nineteen Eighty-Four on the Cheap
Damian Pratt takes a moment to commemorate the one year anniversary of that epic cadena in Caruachi last year – you remember, the one where Chávez’s handpicked audience...
Death at a maternity
Once in a while, the bizarro-meter in Venezuela reaches such elevated heights, you have to catch your breath. Case in point: this short Globovisión news item on the...
Socialism vs. workers
More bad news for the government: union bosses are sick of business as usual. This story by Ana Díaz quotes several left-wing union heads dissing the government. The...
This gringo rice farmer's Bahamas vacation is brought to you by Bolivarian Socialism.
When back-assward bolivarian policy making decimates the Venezuelan rice sector, guess who picks up the slack? The WSJ looks for the cheese on the “Food Sovereignty” tostada. There’s...
The Maduro corruption tax = 60%
An excellent article from El Nacional on the high cost of building power plants in Venezuela. Because the government has basically sworn off procurement auctions, and instead resorts...
Maduro's phony "war on corruption" ain't selling...
Nicolas Maduro’s pretext to seek Enabling Powers is his plan to declare a state of national emergency to engage his “war on corruption”. But public opinion is not...
Reductio ad sundecopium
Usually, when economists make the case for the futility of price controls, they’ll stress the impossible information problem involved. If it was just a matter of regulating 5...
In the Face of Hatred
Following Tuesday’s National Assembly plenary session, I keep hearing people say that focusing on the homophobic statements made by chavista parliamentarians does a disservice to the public debate,...
What will the new Culture Law bring?
During yesterday’s infamous session at the National Assembly, Chavismo also approved the highly controversial Organic Culture Law. Rojo rojito culture has already done serious damage over the years,...
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