Saturday, May 25, 2024

Don't Cry for Me Argentina: Lessons from history

Let's hope the chainsaw man Javier Milei fixes the decades old troubles of Argentina! Maybe Argentina will become a shining light in Latin America again!

A short history lesson:
"... This is especially sad because Argentina was incredibly successful in the 19th century. Its 1853 constitution was drafted based on the ideas of a classical liberal author called Juan Bautista Alberdi, who basically called for free trade, unrestricted industry, free immigration, and infrastructure to connect the country. And that’s what they did. It wasn’t immediate; it took a few decades, but from 1880 to 1916, you had this very successful export model that made Argentina into one of the richest countries in the world. Then, in 1916 and 1920, with everything that was happening in the world, nationalism took hold in Argentina and eventually morphed into Peronism, which is the standard, prototypical Latin American corporatist ideology. There has been a very clear decline ever since. ..."

Javier Milei and the Future of Latin America | Podcast Highlights - Human Progress Chelsea Follett interviews Daniel Raisbeck about the recent election of Javier Milei and what it means for the future of Argentina and the rest of Latin America.




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