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Things Are Never So Bad That They Can't Get Worse: Inside the Collapse of Venezuela

by William Neuman

Venezuela’s crisis and the forces behind it

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Venezuela’s crisis and the forces behind it

William Neuman’s account examines Venezuela’s prolonged crisis through the intersections of political power, economic management, corruption and international forces. Drawing on years of reporting from Caracas, the book connects the country’s vast oil reserves with a history in which oil wealth became a source of distortion rather than development. Economic collapse, political polarization, mass emigration and widespread hardship form the broader context for this chronicle of Venezuela’s decline, with attention to how the country’s experience may bear on the wider world.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers seeking a reported account of Venezuela’s recent political and economic crisis.
  • Those interested in Latin American politics, oil wealth and the effects of political power.
  • Readers exploring how national crises connect with international forces.

Themes

Venezuela’s political and economic crisisOil wealth and developmentPopulism and concentrated political powerCorruption and international influenceEmigration and hardship

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Book overview

"Richly reported...a thorough and important history." -- Tim Padgett, The New York Times

The award-winning, richly nuanced account of the collapse of Venezuela and what it could mean for the rest of the world.

Venezuela has been mired in crisis for over a decade--characterized by economic collapse, political polarization, mass emigration, and widespread hardship--even as the country sits atop some of the world's largest oil reserves. In Things Are Never So Bad That They Can't Get Worse, William Neuman provides a vivid, granular chronicle of that descent. Drawing on his experience as The New York Times Andes Region Bureau Chief and years of reporting from Caracas, Neuman explores the interplay of charismatic populism, economic mismanagement, corruption, and the international forces that have shaped Venezuela's fate.

The book traces how once-abundant oil wealth became a source of distortion rather than development, how political power concentrated around Hugo Ch

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