How to Create 6,111,708,711 New Problems
Maduro just announced he wants to withdraw all 6,111,708,711 Bs.100 banknotes from circulation in 72 hours. Seriously.
Economy
El hambre, la gasolina, y las prioridades del gobierno
La política de combustible en Venezuela perjudica a muchos y privilegia a pocos. Ante nuevos rumores de incrementos en el precio de la gasolina, imaginemos un gobierno cuya política energética se ponga del lado de la gente.
The Real Economic War
In a horror-film style video that is the Price Control Police version of the Blair Witch Project, SUNDDE proves it wants to bankrupt every business in Venezuela, before 2016 is over.
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like H-Bomb
Instead of obsessing endlessly on the DolarToday rate, we'd do better to track the percentage of public sector imports that come in at the crazy Bs.10/$ rate. That's the fuel that's feeding the hyperinflationary bonfire.
A Seven Point Plan for Prosperity
As the bolivar goes into free-fall, we present a comprehensive reform plan to guarantee Venezuela never faces acute economic instability again.
The Memo OPEC Never Got
It used to take ten years for market forces to catch up with OPEC production cuts. Now it takes a couple of weeks.
Rocketing past Parity
As the bolivar goes into free fall, we mark an especially poignant milestone: the brief instant the bolivar reached 1-to-1 parity with the Colombian peso, before rocketing right past it.
The Alternative to the Minimum Wage Rocket Ship
Free cash is a good idea? Really?!
Schrödinger's Coupon Payment
Bondholders say they never got the interest payment PDVSA was supposed to make last week. PDVSA is adamant, 'of course we paid!' Confused? So is literally everybody else!
Home Depot Orange is the New Black Market
The Venezuelan government is being destabilized by a part-timer. Yes. Really. Click through for the scarcely-believable details.
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