{"product_id":"crude-nation-how-oil-riches-ruined-venezuela-9781640122130","title":"Crude Nation: How Oil Riches Ruined Venezuela","description":"Beneath Venezuelan soil lies an ocean of crude--the world's largest reserves--an oil patch that shaped the nature of the global energy business. Unfortunately, a dysfunctional anti-American, leftist government controls this vast resource and has used its wealth to foster voter support, ultimately wreaking economic havoc. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrude Nation\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the ways in which this mismanagement has led to Venezuela's economic ruin and turned the country into a cautionary tale for the world. Raúl Gallegos, a former Caracas-based oil correspondent, paints a picture both vivid and analytical of the country's economic decline, the government's foolhardy economic policies, and the wrecked lives of Venezuelans. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Without transparency, the Venezuelan government uses oil money to subsidize life for its citizens in myriad unsustainable ways, while regulating nearly every aspect of day-to-day existence in Venezuela. This has created a paradox in which citizens can fill up the tanks of their SUVs for less than one American dollar while simultaneously enduring nationwide shortages of staples such as milk, sugar, and toilet paper. Gallegos's insightful analysis shows how mismanagement has ruined Venezuela again and again over the past century and lays out how Venezuelans can begin to fix their country, a nation that can play an important role in the global energy industry. This paperback edition features a new introduction by the author. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Raúl Gallegos\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Potomac Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781640122130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRaúl Gallegos\u003c\/b\u003e, an associate director for the consulting firm Control Risks, has been a featured columnist for \u003ci\u003eBloomberg View\u003c\/i\u003e, covering Latin American politics, business, and finance. He has been an oil correspondent with Dow Jones and the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Ra\u0026#195;\u0026#186;l Gallegos \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47566635860125,"sku":"9781640122130","price":37.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_51c22484-fe4e-4c53-86b9-88246122da20.jpg?v=1768313823","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/crude-nation-how-oil-riches-ruined-venezuela-9781640122130","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}