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Over the past few days about 6 people have emailed me this New York Times article: Do Argentine’s Need Therapy?  Pull Up a Couch. While outside the typical “economics with a twist” scope of this blog, I wanted to address … Continue reading →

One of the reasons that I love living in Buenos Aires is that it is quite literally like living in an economics textbook.  You have a very decent example of a trilemma – a central bank attempting to hold a … Continue reading →

Today, Friday August 10, marks day seven of the longest subway strike in Argentina’s history.  The complete shutdown of the Subte, Buenos Aires’s underground transit system, began Friday night and as I write, the end is still not in sight. … Continue reading →

The winter weather’s not the only thing chilling the bones of Argentina’s residents –  Since the last week of July, a new set of words have been showing up in the articles about the economy.  Shrinks.  Slows.  Stagflation.  These chilling … Continue reading →

This morning I ran across this simple but informative article in The Economist: The blue dollar: Another step towards a siege economy It provides a good overview of the parallel market that I referenced in my first post.  I do … Continue reading →

Last Thursday morning, I received a message on my Blackberry that roughly translates to: “For the Argentina that we all want, we say ENOUGH (STOP!). ENOUGH of the lack of medication, of shackled imports and exports, of trapping of the … Continue reading →

So after my post last week on Argentina and Dual Exchange Rates, I received quite a few questions.  I decided it will be worth writing a handful of posts to catch up those of you who are not lucky enough … Continue reading →

Over the past week, unofficial reports from the Kirchner government have insinuated they are considering a dual exchange rate policy. I’ve been playing with this idea for a few days – how much different than today’s parallel economy for dollars … Continue reading →