Terry Karl

academic

  1. I call it the political resource curse because a resource doesn't have a curse. It's just black viscous stuff. You know, it's just a liquid. It doesn't have a curse or a blessing. It's how you use it. And that is about human beings.
    Terry Karl · Planet Money · Chevron, Venezuela and the Paradox of Plenty · 2026-01-17
  2. Study what oil is doing to us in Venezuela. Es el excremento del diablo, which means it's the devil's excrement.
    Terry Karl · Planet Money · Chevron, Venezuela and the Paradox of Plenty · 2026-01-17
  3. They were using it as sort of the goose that laid the golden eggs, but they were slowly killing the goose.
    Terry Karl · Planet Money · Chevron, Venezuela and the Paradox of Plenty · 2026-01-17