Hugo Chavez's almost 8 years in power in Venezuela – which he will seek to extend in presidential elections next month -- seems to defy economic analysis. Indeed, any and all economic examination of Chavez’s Venezuela confirms Edgar R. Fiedler’s quip that if you "ask five economists something, you will get five answers...or six if one of them is a Harvard graduate."
Hugo Chavez's almost 8 years in power in Venezuela – which he will seek to extend in presidential elections next month -- seems to defy economic analysis. Indeed, any and all economic examination of Chavez’s Venezuela confirms Edgar R. Fiedler’s quip that if you "ask five economists something, you will get five answers...or six if one of them is a Harvard graduate."