Author

Guillermo Rodríguez González

Guillermo Rodríguez is a Venezuelan researcher at the Juan de Maria Center of Political Economy and a professor of political economy at the Institute of Managerial Professions in Caracas.

Opinion

Why Sweden is not Socialist, and Never Really Was

Guillermo Rodríguez González Apr 12, 2018 408

The "cultural" Marxism of the Frankfurt School is the macabre combination of dialectical materialism and psychoanalysis. The most influential branch of neo-Marxism that Gramsci initiated featured theories of hegemony of the "new common…
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Economics

With False Globalist Rhetoric, Obama Left a Ticking Protectionist Time Bomb

Guillermo Rodríguez González Mar 13, 2018 121

If Trump does not dismantle the massive protectionist bomb that Obama left behind, it will explode, destroying his tax and regulatory policies.
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South America

How Democratic Socialism Paved the Way for Venezuela’s Totalitarian Misery

Guillermo Rodríguez González Jan 15, 2017 209

EspañolContrary to many accounts, socialism did not arrive in Venezuela when the late Hugo Chávez took power in 1999. Actually, it had taken root in the country much earlier. Venezuela has been governed by more or less moderate…
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Venezuela

Socialism is so Absurd, Some People Don’t Realize It’s the Cause of Their Suffering

Guillermo Rodríguez González Nov 1, 2016 4

EspañolTalking to the common people in a revolutionary socialist country is like an experience from science fiction — a journey through time or out of this reality. After decades of isolation, how they think about the world and the…
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