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Re:My Venezuela Nightmare: A 30-Day Hunt for Food in a Starv... by huherto on Monday July 18, 2016 @01:08PM (#12116421)
> central planning misallocation

Having somebody in charge of the economy that does not understand that he doesn't understand how the economy works.

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Re:My Venezuela Nightmare: A 30-Day Hunt for Food in a Starv... by huherto on Monday July 18, 2016 @01:53PM (#12116823)
You can't generalize. Certainly Hugo Chavez didn't.

Since Venezuela was a democracy you could also argue that democracies wreak havoc in the economy.

Re:My Venezuela Nightmare: A 30-Day Hunt for Food in a Starv... by elcct on Monday July 18, 2016 @03:33PM (#12117539)
I am not generalising. But whilst you are at it pin water to it as socialists drink water as well.