World Misery Index: Argentina

[Idois]

http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1767800-desdichados-la-argentina-arriba-en-un-ranking-mundial

 

[Matiasba]

They have to talk about these indexes cause the others, the important ones of poverty, unemployment, etc measured by not Kirchneristas such as Word Bank, IMF, UN, etc show that we are in a better position than years ago.

 

[ajoknoblauch]

They have to talk about these indexes cause the others, the important ones of poverty, unemployment, etc measured by not Kirchneristas such as Word Bank, IMF, UN, etc show that we are in a better position than years ago.

Con los Kirchner, siempre hay riqueza en el Banco de Palabras.

 

[Matiasba]

Words? check up the facts

 

[ben]

Matias your posts remind me of the old joke where the hosts were running late and had only gotten the bathroom clean by the time the guests arrived: they proceeded to encourage the guests at every turn to use the bathroom...

Regardless, as was covered on another thread, to say that living here is more miserable than in Syria is beyond ludicrous and leaves this 'report' squarely in BS-land. Living under CFK, Anibal, Hector and their merry men may be depressing but to compare it to Bashar al-Assad and ISIS is obscenely offensive and shows the meaning of 'first-world problems'.

 

[Dublin2BuenosAires]

Every time. Steve H Hanke of, but of course, the Cato institute.

I think I'd rather listen to a teetotalller telling me about their favourite alcohol than listen to Cato gang talk about Latin America.

Of course, this guy is somewhat of an Argentina specialist. From Wikipedia:

In 1989, Hanke met Argentine President Carlos Menem, who connected Hanke and his wife, Liliane, with the libertarian faction in the Argentine Congress led by Alvaro Alsogaray, for the purpose of developing a currency reform that would end Argentina’s inflation problems.[sup][69][/sup] Hanke was an early proponent of a currency board system for Argentina, which he outlined in a 1991 book.[sup][70][/sup] The book, ¿Banco Central O Caja de Conversión? was co-authored by Kurt Schuler and included a preface by Argentine Congressman José María Ibarbia, who was a member of the Alsogaray faction.[sup][71][/sup]
Later, Hanke worked closely with Menem and members of the Argentine Congress to implement a currency board, along the general lines of Hanke and Schuler’s original proposal.[sup][72][/sup] The result was not an orthodox currency board, but rather a “Convertibility System,” passed in the Convertibility Law of 1991, which ended Argentina’s hyperinflation episode.[sup][73][/sup]


Pretty much an expert in how to implement misery.

 

[ajoknoblauch]

Every time. Steve H Hanke of, but of course, the Cato institute.

I think I'd rather listen to a teetotalller telling me about their favourite alcohol than listen to Cato gang talk about Latin America.

Cato's not wrong about everything, but they're as close as humanly possible. At least they're not publishing schlock novels about failed architects, though.

 

[Idois]

Out of curiosity, I have a couple of questions for those who have read the article, if you care to answer. Thanks:
- did you feel that the idea of 'contextual misery' applied to you/your life in Argentina?
- if no, why not and if so, in which way do you think it shapes/will shape your choices of daily living (where/how to live, where/how to work, etc).

 

[ilichar]

If I had to choose between 25% inflation rate and 5% unemployment or 25% unemployment and 5% inflation rate, I would choose the former over and over again. BS.

 

[ajoknoblauch]

If I had to choose between 25% inflation rate and 5% unemployment or 25% unemployment and 5% inflation rate, I would choose the former over and over again. BS.

But if you wanted 25 percent inflation and 25 percent unemployment (including underemployment), you would choose Argentina.