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Under Argentina’s New President, Fuel Is Up 60%, and Diaper Prices Have Doubled (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] 11 points 2 years ago (1 child)

The historical record shows that there are no maybes about this. It’s obviously not an “interesting experiment.” There’s no sense in giving these rhetorical inches while they’re taking miles.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    What historical record? Can you point to another country taking such a extreme turn to the right while being in similar situation? And not being met with sanctions like in Afghanistan for example. I'm genuinely curious.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Shock therapy in Russia after USSR breaking up, maybe?

    That was more extreme, since it was not a transition from left-wing liberal democracy to right-wing liberal democracy, but from bureaucratic planned economy to a pretense at liberal democracy.

    Still some examples may apply.

    Say, if things state-owned or state-managed in Argentina now get privatized, one can look at the specific mechanism and whether it'll be similar to what happened in Russia.

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