catastrophic malgovernance

When Bad Economics Occur To Bloodthirsty Dictators

By Scott Lemieux

On September 1, 2007

And the inevitably failed price controls in Zimbabwe are succeeded by...price controls. I'm not sure it's possible for the situation to get more depressing, but it's an incredible catastrophe getting worse.

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