The Government's Basic Problem in One Simple Video
We talk about the limits of a repressive strategy in sustaining a government with no authority, and it all sounds kind of vague. But really, it isn't hard. It's simple. Crushingly Simple.
We talk about the limits of a repressive strategy in sustaining a government with no authority, and it all sounds kind of vague. But really, it isn't hard. It's simple. Crushingly Simple.
Economists have this maddening habit of talking about the "inflation tax" without caring that nobody has any idea what they're talking about. Here, we'll make it simple.
Leave it to PDVSA to make the biggest financial announcement of the year via a Facebook post. We took the time to demystify the deal PDVSA is offering and ask: is The Swap going to succeed? Or is PDVSA miscalculating badly?
The narconephews explicitly trafficked (heh) on their family connections to gain street cred with the DEA agents they thought they were selling to.
On the diplomatic blunder scale, Timoteo Zambrano scored a Full Duterte yesterday. It makes no sense for him to keep his job as MUD's main International spokesperson after that.
I went to visit my sister in Ciudad Betania, a sprawling complex of five GMVV housing projects just outside Ocumare del Tuy. They're pretty screwed up places. Well, four out of the five are. Then there's Betania II.
As part of our sporadic series — The View From 2056 — we send a letter to the future, trying to explain to a not-yet-born grandchild what it felt like to live through the inflation of 2016.
Why would you make a secret back channel public? Because you are strong? Just the opposite: you lash out when you realize you're too weak to impose impossible demands.
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