Venezuela: When the Richest Resource Country Failed - Brossura

Xu, Robyn

Brossura

ISBN 13: 9798242650169

Casa editrice: Independently published, 2026

Riassunto

This book explores three intertwined dimensions of Venezuela’s decline:

1. Economic and Financial Fragility: The consequences of overreliance on oil, fiscal mismanagement, currency collapse, and exclusion from global capital markets.
2. Institutional and Operational Collapse: How politicization, underinvestment, and corruption eroded state enterprises, infrastructure, and governance.
3. Human and Social Costs: The migration of talent, loss of education and skills, and the emergence of a “blackout economy” that reshaped daily life and generational opportunity.

Each chapter examines a specific aspect of this collapse, from PDVSA’s operational failures to hyperinflation, infrastructure decay, and social disruption. Interwoven throughout are lessons for governments, investors, and global institutions: resource wealth is not a guarantee; governance, human capital, and credibility are paramount; and neglecting these fundamentals can turn potential into fragility.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Independently published
• Data di pubblicazione: 2026
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 13: 9798242650169
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 125
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