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I can't fathom the mental gymnastics needed to enact this type of regulation. You are essentially stopping the flow of foreign capital into the country on an e
by fgonzag 5y ago
I can't fathom the mental gymnastics needed to enact this type of regulation.
You are essentially stopping the flow of foreign capital into the country on an economy with extreme inflation and unemployment rate.
People don't need beef. Trying to make an easily substituted luxury good affordable that is bringing a significant portion of all foreign capital into the country seems short sighted, to say the least.
- ramblerman 5y ago> I can't fathom the mental gymnastics Welcome to Kirschnerism... I love Argentina, it's such a great place to visit, and is still hopefully the place I would retire, but politically I fear it might be headed towards Venezuela.
- throwaway292a9 5y agoCompletely agree, it's a wonderful place to visit, but all the politicians are so incompetent it hurts
- adrian_mrd 5y ago> People don't need beef. I agree technically speaking, but try telling that to the average Argentinian ;)
- jbarham 5y agohttps://idlewords.com/2006/04/argentina_on_two_steaks_a_day.htm https://idlewords.com/2006/04/argentina_on_two_steaks_a_day.... (by Maciej Cegłowski, the creator of Pinboard)
- ThePowerOfFuet 5y agoI first read this perhaps ten years ago, and I re-read it every year or two, hoping to one day make it there to experience it myself. Now I know who wrote it! Thank you!
- saba2008 5y agoThat this because regulation purpose is not fixing a problem, but making government look good. Many people does not think in terms of 'flow of foreign capital', but in 'greedy exporters are hiking prices to get rich'. So forbidding exports and fixing prices look good to them (especially with propaganda support), while macroeconomic effects will go unnoticed. (from experience in Russia, but Argentina looks quite similar in political structure)