That is the title of an Associated Press article that you can read here. This relates to the first chapter of the book The Economics of Macroissues. It discusses how societies where he government can take away your property easily don't grow as fast in terms of per capita income. This could be a problem for Venezuela if Chavez starts doing this (or more of it).
The article also mentions that there are shortages of products like sugar whose prices are controlled. This is basic chapter 3 material in all of the textbooks I am using this semester. Chavez blames inflation on those hording goods. But we expect supply to decrease (that is, the supply line shifts to the left) when sellers expect higher prices in the future.
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