“It’s Time to Ditch the Argentine Peso” By Steve H. Hanke, courtesy of Fundacion Bases In addition to facing an acute COVID-19 crisis , Argentina’s troubled economy is collapsing, and, as often happens, the tightening knot of inflation is suffocating Argentines. The official inflation in Argentina for August 2020 is 40.70% for the year. And, like never before, Argentina’s official inflation rate is relatively close to […]
“COVID-19: What Are State Governments Doing In the Face of the Crisis?” Courtesy of IMCO Since the start of the emergency, state governments announced actions to help mitigate the negative economic impact of COVID-19, and local authorities are implementing emerging plans to support families, workers and small businesses. These local economic revival […]
By Calum Nicholson, UK Correspondent There is a famous piece, by the comedian Louis CK, widely known as ‘of course…but maybe’. The clip‘s subtle power and disarming truth doesn’t survive transcription, but in it the American makes an important point: there are many things in life that, of course, are incontrovertible. But maybe, […]
