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Venezuela After Maduro: What Comes Next?

Days after the Trump administration's surprise military operation captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, a panel of UChicago scholars gathered to make sense of what it means for Venezuela, the United States, and the region. Professor Christopher Blattman, Deputy Dean Ryan Kellogg, and Associate Professor Paul Poast join moderator Rebecca Wolfe to discuss Venezuela's decline from one of the hemisphere's wealthiest nations, the regional migration crisis that followed, and the uncertain road ahead.

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  The War in Iran: Oil, Cyber Warfare, and Alliances

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  The Geography of Human Capital: Why Rich Regions Stay Rich

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  Eugene Fama on 60 Years of Finance Research, Index Funds, and Market Effic…

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  The Transformation of Capitalism: 250 Years After Adam Smith

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  Laboratories of Autocracy: What Happens When China Shuts Down Its Policy E…

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  Who Really Paid for the Tariffs? Brent Neiman on Liberation Day's Economic…

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  Why Banks Exist and Why They Fail: Douglas Diamond on Runs, Regulation, an…

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  At What Age Does Family Income Most Shape Your Future? Timing and Intergen…

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  The Pie, Wrapped: Innovation, Faith, Purpose, and Market Power

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  A Conversation with Roger Myerson: Harmonicas, Xenophon, and Why Your Mayo…

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  Chat2Learn: Using Simple Conversation Prompts to Boost Early Childhood Dev…

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  Human Capital for Humans: An Accessible Introduction to the Economic Scien…

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  Liberalism and the Great Enrichment: Why Ideas, Not Capital, Made the Mode…

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  Economics for Everyone: Teaching the World to Think Like an Economist

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