How Money Printing Destroyed Argentina and Can Destroy Others

Tags: Big Government, The Fed, Global Economy, Taxes and Spending, U.S. Economy, War and Foreign Policy

06/28/2022 Daniel Lacalle

Inflation in Argentina is far worse than neighboring countries. It has only one cause: an extractive and confiscatory monetary policy—printing pesos without control and without demand.

Original Article: “How Money Printing Destroyed Argentina and Can Destroy Others”

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