Introduction
List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsAuthor's NotePrologue1.
1-800-LEO2. Infinite Wants3. Let There Be Oil4. Everyman5. Funny
Business6. Oil for the People7. Mango
ManagementAfterwordChronologyNotesSelected BibliographyIndex
Raúl Gallegos, an associate director for the consulting firm
Control Risks, has been a featured columnist for Bloomberg View,
covering Latin American politics, business, and finance. He has
been an oil correspondent with Dow Jones and the Wall Street
Journal.
"Superbly reported."—Wall Street Journal
"Gallegos provides crucial background for the country's present
situation, and also offers a solution for fixing the country's
economy and helping it re-enter the global energy industry."—New
York Times
“This briskly written book nicely explains how the oil curse has
worked in Venezuela, especially in the Chavez era.”—Fareed Zakaria,
CNN
“Crude Nation shows how what was once South America’s most stable,
wealthy country swerved towards the abyss. A former economic
journalist who lived in Caracas. . . . Gallegos blends analysis
with reportage, including a picaresque road trip with a Che Guevara
lookalike—to show how Maduro inherited a mess and made it
worse.”—Rory Carroll, Guardian
"A fascinating analysis."—Foreign Affairs Latinoamérica
"[A] fine book."—Mac Margolis, Bloomberg View
"Crude Nation brilliantly paints the reality, and
comprehensively expounds the extent and implications of Venezuela’s
mishandling of precious and finite oil riches, and its unpropitious
economic mismanagement."—Impeccable Business
"Gallegos' book provides an excellent summary of today's Venezuela,
and a solid explanation of the historical trends that have produced
the country's ongoing tragedy."—Jason Fargo, America's
Quarterly
"Mr. Gallegos has a sharp eye for the dizzying grind of everyday
coping in a western consumerist society reduced overnight into one
of shortages, barter, and black markets. A government committed to
the empowerment of the underprivileged now presides over a
cascading economic contraction that has hurt all economic
sectors."—Robert Goddard, Latin Americanist
"A deeply insightful book."—Washington Book Review
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