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Episode 731: How Venezuela Imploded

Things are pretty bad right now in Venezuela. Grocery stores don't have enough food. Hospitals don't have basic supplies, like gauze. Child mortality is spiking. Businesses are shuttering. It's one of the epic economic collapses of our time. And it was totally avoidable.

This episode of Planet Money explores the self-inflicted implosion of Venezuela's economy.

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