Tag: Economics

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FRIDAY’S FIVE with Dr. Robert Gold

Dr. Robert Gold is the Deputy Director of the Research Center “Innovation and International Competition” at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel). His research focuses on globalization, digitalization, entrepreneurship, and political economy.… [Read more]

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Venezuela’s Banana Socialism: From a Revolution to a Corrupted Oligarchy

In the last 25 years, Venezuela has walked the path from a democratic to an authoritarian state. Having been one of the richest countries in Latin America in 1998, Venezuela is now among the poorest countries in the region with 95.5% of its population below the poverty line. Can the new reforms save the Venezuelan economy and alleviate the… [Read more]