I Explain Venezuela Using Lottery Tickets
Jan 09, 2026•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 608
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Episode description
How did Venezuela become an economic basket case? Not socialism. Or capitalism. Venezuela is a textbook example of a petrostate in the thrall of the Paradox of Plenty, or "the Dutch Disease."
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