The real reason Argentina’s economy is such a mess

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Further reading mentioned in the video:

Argentina’s Javier Milei is betting big on an oil gusher: https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2025/02/16/argentinas-javier-milei-is-betting-big-on-an-oil-gusher

Javier Milei, free-market revolutionary: https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2024/11/28/javier-milei-free-market-revolutionary

Don't cry for Menem: https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2003/05/15/dont-cry-for-menem

Argentina: A decline without parallel: https://www.economist.com/special-report/2002/02/28/a-decline-without-parallel

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

01:29 Argentina 100 year economic decline

04:15 Half-hearted industrialization

08:36 Disastrous free trade

13:29 Make up your mind Argentina

20:05 Sponsor

Attribution:

Music by Epidemic Sound: http://nebula.tv/epidemic

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Narrated and produced by Dr. Joeri Schasfoort