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[-] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 99 points 11 months ago

Milei — who has been described as an anarchocapitalist — set out to reduce the government’s involvement and oversight in many aspects of Argentina’s economy, including announcing that he would privatize many state-owned companies, would decrease labor protections and remove regulations that limit the amount of agricultural and productive land that can be owned by foreign companies.

Argentina going full GOP

[-] test113@lemmy.world 38 points 11 months ago

RIP Argentina. I don't know the situation that led to this, but man, that sounds real, real bad for the average Argentine people.

[-] DeadHorseX@lemmy.world 22 points 11 months ago

Here's one bit of context. Under the other candidate, the one this guy Milei ran against, who was the economic minister of the previous government, in September inflation reached 124%.

In case you were wondering why Milei won.

You also need to know the bigger history of Argentina's last century of economic decline.

Argentina is taught as a case study in undergraduate economics courses in 'how not to manage an economy'.

The Economist have a good video on the current crisis (Why is Argentina’s economy such a mess? ) and this one about the broader trend since the 1900s/10s.

[-] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 12 points 11 months ago

Argentinian should just bear it for a bit until multinational corporations swoop in and buy various assets dirt-cheap. Imagine all the future profits! /s

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