No, I'm sorry but you are wrong. Calling Venezuela a control for free trade in the United States is absurd. The number of variables that differ is insurmountabl

No, I'm sorry but you are wrong. Calling Venezuela a control for free trade in the United States is absurd. The number of variables that differ is insurmountable, from colonial history to Marxism. There are no controls in the study of economics like there are in pure sciences. That is why economic analysis is so inherently flawed.