The Roadmap, Part VII: Clarity on Gas Prices
Where Juan Cristobal dares to imagine a future where we tax the consumption of gasoline, instead of mindlessly subsidizing it.
The curse, revisited
For the next Book Club, we'll take on Michael Ross’s “The Oil Curse: How Petroleum Wealth Shapes the Development of Nations.”
The real victims of adjustment
The days when Venezuelans would give gas station attendants tips worth huge multiples of what they paid for gas are well and truly over.
Winning in Parapara?
A new analysis attributes much of the MUD's gains on 6D to improved performance in rural areas. But how did we do in Parapara?
Giving adjustment a bad name
Nicolás Maduro gave us a performance for the ages: meandering, colloquial, and deeply disappointing. His announcements are all cost and no benefit.
Book Club: Tres generaciones, una revolución
Tengo una teoría acerca de “Patria o Muerte,” la novela de Alberto Barrera Tyszka que acabamos de terminar de leer: en el fondo, es una meditación acerca del...
Cadivi as Chains
CADIVI wasn't just an economic policy. It was really the chain tying Venezuela's middle class to the revolution, and to Chávez himself.
Dirty Diana
The queen of an imaginary kingdom.
The Roadmap, part VI: No More Drama
A few years ago, a group of experts identified the types of policies that most countries with high growth experiences had implemented. Their results, published in “The Growth Report,”...
"Patria o Muerte," Primera Parte
Muchos personajes y poco estilo en la novela de Barrera Tyszka.
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