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-america...
Javier Milei, free-market revolutionary: https://www.economist.com/the-america...
Don't cry for Menem: https://www.economist.com/the-america...
Argentina: A decline without parallel: https://www.economist.com/special-rep...


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SOURCES:
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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
Thank you to AP Archive for access to their archival footage.
Stock footage and others clips by Getty

Narrated and produced by Dr. Joeri Schasfoort