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Bloomberg Opinion writer. Elected "top neoliberal shill" of 2018. Occasionally posts anime gifs.

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    1. Barry Westbrook‏ @SeattleScion Oct 15
      Replying to @Noahpinion

      Venezuela: the example used to denigrate socialism by capitalists who understand nothing of it or the history of the country they’re discussing

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    2. Noah Smith‏Verified account @Noahpinion Oct 15
      Replying to @SeattleScion

      Yes, let's dismantle capitalism and save the planet with Norway-style socialism instead!pic.twitter.com/peT2BXbvSS

      5 replies 1 retweet 5 likes
    3. Barry Westbrook‏ @SeattleScion Oct 15
      Replying to @Noahpinion

      Oh so we’re talking about Norway nowhttps://www.economist.com/special-report/2013/02/02/the-rich-cousin …

      1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
    4. Noah Smith‏Verified account @Noahpinion Oct 15
      Replying to @SeattleScion

      Norway is great. But living like Norway ain't gonna save the climate unless we decarbonize a lot more than Norway has, my friend.

      2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
    5. Noah Smith‏Verified account @Noahpinion Oct 15
      Replying to @SeattleScion

      Do you really think those failures are orthogonal to Chavez' brand of socialism? Spending tons of money = Chavez' strategy to help the poor (which was inevitably riddled with cronyism). As for not diversifying...it's hard to do without private business.

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    6. Barry Westbrook‏ @SeattleScion Oct 15
      Replying to @Noahpinion

      The money spent wasn’t exclusively spent on the poor or programs for them. Their economy originally flourished but it was based on oil revenues and when that tanked the economy did too. So Venezuela was as dependent on capitalistic markets as we are.

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    7. Noah Smith‏Verified account @Noahpinion Oct 15
      Replying to @SeattleScion

      It's hard to imagine a more oil-dependent economy than Saudi Arabia. Yet it has taken only a very mild economic hit from the oil price drop, whereas Venezuela is a huge disaster. Why the difference?pic.twitter.com/EzBjmLt4Ax

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    8. Barry Westbrook‏ @SeattleScion Oct 15
      Replying to @Noahpinion

      As stated before, Venezuela is almost exclusively dependent on oil revenues. Saudi Arabia is heavily dependent too but is a monarchy, is a big influence in OPEC and enjoys huge support from our government

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      Noah Smith‏Verified account @Noahpinion Oct 15
      Replying to @SeattleScion

      I mean, show me another oil-dependent state that has suffered anywhere near as much as Venezuela. Russia? No. Nigeria? No. Iran? No (despite massive sanctions!!). Nowhere. Only Venezuela. Your story about why Venezuela has collapsed is not a good one. It wasn't oil.

      2:47 PM - 15 Oct 2018
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        2. Barry Westbrook‏ @SeattleScion Oct 15
          Replying to @Noahpinion

          Again a big issue is Chavez not taking the opportunity to diversify the economy

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        3. Noah Smith‏Verified account @Noahpinion Oct 15
          Replying to @SeattleScion

          But those other oil-dependent countries also didn't diversify their economies, and they all took only a minor hit from the oil price crash. It wasn't oil, Barry. It was "Bolivarian socialism".

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        1. Barry Westbrook‏ @SeattleScion Oct 15
          Replying to @Noahpinion

          I keep driving home how dependent Venezuela’s economy is on oil revenue. Would you mind looking into that? I don’t know how it compares to other countries

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