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Re:Deregulation in Argentina: Milei Takes "Deep Chainsaw" to... by throw0101c on Tuesday March 25, 2025 @12:47PM (#43473321)
1. It's hard to fit a hundred-year history of a country in a twenty minute video.

2. Are there certain "key facts" that should have been brought up even in the limited allotted time that you can bring up here/now?

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Re:Deregulation in Argentina: Milei Takes "Deep Chainsaw" to... by gus_massa on Wednesday March 26, 2025 @06:58AM (#43480832)
In particular, during from early 2007 to late 2015 the inflation index and other economical indicator were cooked https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Institute_of_Statisti... , so a lot of the grow during that period is not real.

Also from 2011 we have an official dollar exchange that is like 30% less than the black market one https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentine_currency_controls_(2... Note it was lifted in 2015 but it started again in 2019 (It's explained near the bottom, but I can't find a specific article.) This inflated the GDP. We ever cheated in the Big Mac index!

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