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sandensea

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7. If the GOPee ever manage to ruin global trust in the dollar, that may indeed happen here
Tue Aug 4, 2020, 04:30 PM
Aug 2020

Bush almost did - but the world decided to stick with the dollar (thank goodness).

The sad thing in Argentina, is that Macri's debt bubble didn't for the most part go toward monetary emission - but instead to cover the dollarization of local assets by elites (and some foreign hedge funds looking for a quick 15% return), and their subsequent offshoring.

His own father used to complain that young Mauricio never appreciated proper money management - just get-rich-quick schemes.

Like someone else we know...

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