Moein Esmaeeli

“the boom-and-bust nature of Venezuela’s economy has taught most people that producing is too much of a headache—importing goods is an easier business. Or as Vollmer puts it: “We’re a nouveau riche country that never really had to work for what it has.”
― Raúl Gallegos, Crude Nation: How Oil Riches Ruined Venezuela

“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

“Stringent regulations as well as price and capital controls cause many companies to lose money and, as such, make companies more dependent on the government’s good graces to stay in business.”
― Raúl Gallegos, Crude Nation: How Oil Riches Ruined Venezuela