In the 1990s, Argentina established a quasi-dollarized “convertibility” system that pegged the peso to the dollar. It ended disastrously, with a painful crisis in 2001–2 that collapsed the entire economy. The core flaw? The Fed serves the interests of the United States alone and not those of Argentina or anyone else.

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And I think we're going down a similar path in this election... 🤕

ECB story as well.

How's that different from #ecuador or even #elsalvador ¿? They seem to be doing OK #ecuador for double the time (20 years). So interest rates is not the whole story.