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Cill Sleibhe's avatar

Dear God Matt! Where are we headed?

Weren't we all immigrants at one stage?

Here in Spain the economy is doing surprisingly well and they say it's down to a more welcome attitude to immigration for one!!

On another note, I'd like your opinions on how the Argentina economy is faring at the moment. I'm hearing some positive reports about melie cutting the national debt so would like some insights to the real world consequences of this. Thanks inadvance

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Matt Carr's avatar

Well you won’t be surprised to hear that I despise Milei and everything he stands for, Cill. There’s a lot of stuff about his policies on the Web, in both English and Spanish. The general consensus seems to be: some macroeconomic gains re. Public debt, inflation reduction but huge social costs. Here is Deloitte’s assessment: https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/economy/americas/argentina-economic-outlook.html. And here’s another: https://latinamericanpost.com/economy-en/mileis-radical-austerity-measures-and-their-impact-on-argentines/. The IMF seems pleased with Milei, but then, they would, wouldn’t they?

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Cill Sleibhe's avatar

Thanks for the reply and the links

I despise him too. Just wanted some ammo against anyone who tries to praise him - some of my wife's family are the spanish equivalent of brexit voters!!!!

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