Political violence has erupted in the wake of economic collapse and President Nicolas Maduro's decision to establish a constituent assembly to rewrite the constitution. Opposition is mounting, but can it succeed?
Aug 30, 2017 & call for a mechanism to limit corrupt and repressive regimes' access to global capital markets.
Aug 15, 2017 calls on the Maduro government to make way for a fair and peaceful end to the country's crisis.
Aug 10, 2017 laments the international community's complacent response to a slow-motion coup in Latin America.
Jul 31, 2017 points out that the 40% contraction in GDP since 2013 actually understates the economy's decline.
Jul 25, 2017 warns that the government's planned constituent assembly election could aggravate civil disorder.
Jul 17, 2017 & explain why young people are leading the ongoing wave of protests against the Maduro government.
The worse economic fundamentals and forecasts become, the more mysterious stock-market outcomes in the US appear. At a time when genuine news suggests that equity prices should be tanking, not hitting record highs, explanations based on crowd psychology, the virality of ideas, and the dynamics of narrative epidemics can shed some light.
