Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Shocking Video of People In Line for Food in Venezuela.

This is what you get when you mix hyperinflation and price controls.




(ht Michael Welling

2 comments:

  1. One of the things that impacted me when I traveled Central & South American was lower key variants of this scene in multiple countries.

    Lines of people standing outside of monolithic government buildings, waiting for a handout-

    I suppose the banking & mail system masks the same thing here in the US to some degree,though obviously the standard of living as a whole is much lower in C. & S. America as well.


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  2. I can't help but get the feeling I am looking into the future of the US...

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