The Indicator from Planet Money

The Measure Of A Tragedy

The Indicator from Planet Money β€Ί

09:39 | Jun 19th, 2018

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Venezuela's economy has collapsed, and the normal economic indicators have gotten so bad they're almost unfathomable. So one economist created an indicator to capture the awful human cost.


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doubled recommended:Nov 16th, 2021

Shares an insight to why socialism doesn’t work. I fear the US may be heading this direction

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danny recommended:Jun 20th, 2018

Oh, I didn't realize how bad Venezuela is doing recently πŸ™

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tgilbertpe recommended:Jun 20th, 2018

This puts an understandable perspective on the economic downturn in Venezuela by showing what the average person can buy in terms of food.

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