argentina

This kills me, it means I can no longer bring 20 pounds of soylent back to Argentina with me (in powder form).

Yes, of course someone in Argentina is going to get paid differently than someone in New York City.

Also, Argentina is in a terrible situation, don't know why you even bring it up.

It's not like the creditors have to lose out, Argentina showed that by paying off its debts after their currency issues.

Remember, Argentina still can't raise capital from market even after more than a decade.

In the former case, default happens, see Argentina in 2001 or so.

Unlike Greece, Argentina also instituted necessary reforms - for example, import substitution and breaking sticky wages via a 13% nominal wage cut for govt workers and pensioners [1].

> Remember, Argentina still can't raise capital from market even after more than a decade.

I remember reading a study once where researchers looked at electricity usage in Argentina to see what the theoretical output of the country should be vs.

(As an aside, Argentina is also selling inflation-adjusted bonds, so it kind of makes sense to promote large underestimations of that number).

Why would I want to watch an hour of SportsCenter talking about Johnny Manziel's off field issues when I could watch a nailbiter between Trinidad & Tobago and Mexico, or Chile and Argentina going to penalties.

What's even worst is to see the parallels between what happens in Argentina and the US political system only to see Americans fall prey to some of the same sick politics and not see the reality of what politicians are doing to us.

But argentina isn't "selling those bonds".

The more often we see someone face-to-face, the more likely it is that we will telephone the person or communicate in some other medium." My Slack communications with our Argentina team kind of follows this rule.

It's not like the creditors have to lose out, Argentina showed that by paying off its debts after their currency issues." The confusing part is that there is a very recent, very relevant precedent that was set by Iceland and for some reason that course of action is completely off the table.

His administration was responsible for extremely bloody repression that killed hundreds in Buenos Aires and thousands across Argentina.

As for Argentina, yes they're not out of the woods yet, but since their economic crash they've had impressive growth.

This is why Argentina's default wasn't anywhere near as bad - they were fairly close to consuming as much as they produced.