Re: [A-List] Argentina: price controls a success?

[Michael Hudson <michael.hudson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Nestor,
    your post reminds me of a question I need to ask you. In 1949, Just
before Britain devalued the pound, it negotiated a long-term meat deal with
Argentina -- in pounds. Then , it devalued, and screwed \Argentina.
    Might you be able to give me the details? I have difficulty finding them
here in the US. This is an analogy for how countries will lose on $
depreciation today.
    Michael Hudson


On 3/6/06 8:02 AM, "Nestor Gorojovsky" <nestorgoro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 1)  What is happening, in fact, is that the central state is
> strengthening itself against great capital.  Against the Argentinean
> oligarchy, however, it is not.
> 
> And this is a great problem, because this oligarchy, up to this day,
> controls the prices in the most sensitive food sector.
> 
> What will happen next?  Kirchner does not look as if he would intend
> to bend to the wishes of the oligarchs.
> 
> March is the actual beginning of the political year here, so that
> within the next weeks we shall have interesting news.
> 
> 2) It is most interesting, on the same vein, to realize that the FT
> has interviewed the remaining dynosaurs of the neoliberal caucus,
> Redrado included.  No mention is made of any other economist, neither
> developmentists (which are a legion, with mostly variegated points of
> view) nor, of course, nationalists or socialists.
> 
> Respuesta a:"[A-List] Argentina: price controls "
> Enviado por:Michael Keaney
> Con fecha:6 Mar 2006, a las 13:58
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>> Price controls succeed in Argentina, for now
>> By Benedict Mander in Buenos Aires
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