Ricardo Hausmann, a distinguished Venezuelan scholar at Harvard, discusses why people and countries, such as Venezuela, adopt self-destructive policies.
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/venezeula-destructive-belief-systems-by-ricardo-hausmann-2016-08?utm_source=Project+Syndicate+Newsletter&utm_campaign=08101a7e86-Stiglitz_Globalization_New_Discontents_7_8_2016&utm_medium-email&utm_term=0_73bad5b7d8-08101a7e86-104308245
