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For Americans Shocked by Inflation, Argentines Have Some Advice(bloomberg.com)
51 points by argentinian 5y ago|67 comments
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by argentinian 5y ago
The situation sounds very similar to what happened in Argentina. About 30 years ago, Argentina's education level was good. In the name of social justice , high school standards were significantly lowered by the populist/socialis
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by argentinian 5y ago
It's not the same idea because it doesn't try to make it look like querty, but the colemak layout allows typing characters from most languages with a modifier key and sometimes (for the less common characters) a combo. In this lin
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by argentinian 5y ago
Still, that specific article in the mises.org link is informative even outside of the context and knowledge of austrian economics.
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by argentinian 5y ago
If you want to see how this work, look at Argentina. Here politicians are always trying to find something else to blame for inflation: international prices increase, supply chain problems, monopolies trying to destabilize the economy, commo
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by argentinian 5y ago
It's incredible. It's the same strategy that some politicians use in Argentina: they find any kind of thing to blame for inflation, except for monetary policy. Americans, please don't imitate Argentina, keep a healthy economy
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by argentinian 5y ago
Some journalists must be happy with this news. https://mises.org/power-market/inflation-celebration
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by argentinian 5y ago
see answer to brother comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29013635 mainly the referenced links
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by argentinian 5y ago
You said that inflation and taxes are a way to mitigate or avoid concentrations of wealth. As a counterargument I said that rich people don't save in cash and that inflation damages the poor more than the rich, the world bank has evide
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by argentinian 5y ago
I agree, the inflation here is the effect of the perpetual and gross mismanagement. What about your idea regarding inflation as a way to avoid concentrations of wealth? (the idea I quoted and I replied to). That one is unsustainable.
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by argentinian 5y ago
> This is in fact one of the often ignored aspects of inflation, as well as taxes: a way to mitigate or avoid concentrations of wealth detrimental to society. As somebody living in Argentina, a country with usual double digit inflation,