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Why the Best Farmland on Earth Made Argentina Poor
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the majority of arable land in Argentina is still owned by those same families.
90% of the land is owned by under 1000 owners, many of which are owned by an even smaller group of families.
who, not conicidentally, own the utilities, the newspapers, the phone companies, and lots more.
He does get it a bit wrong- these families also own a lot of industry- Siam, for example, was owned by the Di Tellas, who also owned estancias.
and Argentina is actually far more industrialized than he seem to acknowledge- but its not in the interest of the big money to support it.
these aristocrats also supplied many of the politicians who run things, either directly with family members or with cash by supporting deputados who vote in their favor.
peronism, at least under Peron, quickly realized that the alliance with these families was essential, making a triumvarate of the rich, the military, and the unions the base of its power.
the problem is not peronism. the problem is any politician elected, even milei, faces the same issues, and the same monied powers control the congress. Christina was no more able than Milei to contradict them. Both aspired to rewrite the tax code, albeit in opposite directions, and both could not get the votes.
What we need is tax reform, government suppport for industry, exports of value added goods, education, and public investment.
this video does not credit the speaker, and its probably just an ad based "general interest" channel. No traceability of the owners, the presenters, or the research.
My guess it whoever wrote this has never visited argentina. Never seen how, compared to where they live (presumably the usa) much more of the basic industrial goods in argentina are made in argentina than in the usa.
I have industria argentina bath and kitchen fixtures, furniture, tools, appliances, plumbing, electrical switches, outlets and breakers, flooring, windows, cloth, metals, and plastics, and on and on, which I cannot source in the USA- all imported there.
90% of the land is owned by under 1000 owners, many of which are owned by an even smaller group of families.
who, not conicidentally, own the utilities, the newspapers, the phone companies, and lots more.
He does get it a bit wrong- these families also own a lot of industry- Siam, for example, was owned by the Di Tellas, who also owned estancias.
and Argentina is actually far more industrialized than he seem to acknowledge- but its not in the interest of the big money to support it.
these aristocrats also supplied many of the politicians who run things, either directly with family members or with cash by supporting deputados who vote in their favor.
peronism, at least under Peron, quickly realized that the alliance with these families was essential, making a triumvarate of the rich, the military, and the unions the base of its power.
the problem is not peronism. the problem is any politician elected, even milei, faces the same issues, and the same monied powers control the congress. Christina was no more able than Milei to contradict them. Both aspired to rewrite the tax code, albeit in opposite directions, and both could not get the votes.
What we need is tax reform, government suppport for industry, exports of value added goods, education, and public investment.
this video does not credit the speaker, and its probably just an ad based "general interest" channel. No traceability of the owners, the presenters, or the research.
My guess it whoever wrote this has never visited argentina. Never seen how, compared to where they live (presumably the usa) much more of the basic industrial goods in argentina are made in argentina than in the usa.
I have industria argentina bath and kitchen fixtures, furniture, tools, appliances, plumbing, electrical switches, outlets and breakers, flooring, windows, cloth, metals, and plastics, and on and on, which I cannot source in the USA- all imported there.
"Best farmland on earth": Anthropogenic terra preta in the Amazon Basin.
But yes, the black soil areas of Ukraine and Western Russia (chernozems), the prairies of the USA, and the Argentine Pampas (both mollisols)... are a close second. Argentina is by no means unique in this regard. The red soils (ferrasols) of Paraguay are also of world-class fertility.
But yes, the black soil areas of Ukraine and Western Russia (chernozems), the prairies of the USA, and the Argentine Pampas (both mollisols)... are a close second. Argentina is by no means unique in this regard. The red soils (ferrasols) of Paraguay are also of world-class fertility.
