~@jonleeanderson is the author of several books of astonishing depth and research, and like one rude tweet. Some perspective, please
@PatrickIber By the way, did you see Doug Saunders piece on Chavez & wider South America? Interested in your thoughts on it.
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@HeerJeet Yes, I saw it - it seems mostly correct to me, tho, for fairness, he might have added that inequality in Ven lower in abs termsThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet The other thing is that while Venezuela might be a pole with Chile on the other end, it's not really "two camps" but a spectrumThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet There's an old problem from Fernando Fajnzylber on Latin American politics called the "empty box" problemThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Basically you set up a 2x2 grid with high/low growth and increasing/decreasing inequalityThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet For most of the twentieth century, the high growth/decreasing inequality box is just empty, no one had ever done itThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet The fact that the box is no longer empty (Brazil most prominently) seems to me somehow still underrated as an achievement -
@PatrickIber Yeah. I think best outcome of current Chavez debate is if more people started looking at what Brazil by contrast is doing - Show replies
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@HeerJeet Even though that means lots of unpleasant people are getting rich and capitalism is as disappointing as everThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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