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Re:Argentina restricts online shopping as foreign reserves drop by gus_massa on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @07:59AM (#7102297)
The actual situation is very different from the 2001 situation.

In 2001 we had ~10 years of 1%-2% annual inflation with the “convertibility” plan, that fix the exchange as $US1=$ARS1. So the dollar was 30% undervalued. But during that time, there was very little money emission. Some provinces had to make their own money, it was technically a bond, but it looked like a bill and was used like a bill. One of the few successful case was the Patacón ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patac%C3%B3n_(bond) ). It was successful, because it was emitted by the biggest province, it was one of the last bonds created and it lasted only for a few years. Most of the other province bond started with a $X1=$ARS1=$US1 but after a few years the exchange rate became something like $X1=$ARS0.7=$US0.7, and the public employees of the province were paid in the bonds, as if still $X1=$ARS1=$US1.

Now we have a 20% - 30% annual inflation. Interestingly, the dollar is 30% undervalued. But the emission is so height that we used all the latin alphabet to name the series, and more emission will be translated directly to more inflation.

Re:Argentina restricts online shopping as foreign reserves drop by trevelyan on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @09:53AM (#7102796)
I wouldn't disagree with any of these points, but I'm not sure what any of them have to do with Krugman's comments about the relative merits of austerity in 2001.
Re:Argentina restricts online shopping as foreign reserves drop by wslh on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @05:28PM (#7105829)
Krugman has been supporting the Argentinian government even with concrete signals of populism and corruption.
Re:Argentina restricts online shopping as foreign reserves drop by trevelyan on Tuesday January 28, 2014 @09:48PM (#7141514)
Source required.