The Argentine Weight Watchers: How a Single Coin Tamed Inflation

In 1991, Argentina was drowning in hyperinflation that had rendered the peso worthless, with prices doubling every few days and citizens carrying bags of cash for basic goods. This episode traces the radical intervention by Economy Minister Domingo Cavallo, who engineered the Convertibility Plan to anchor the peso one-to-one with the US dollar. We explore the immediate shock therapy that stabilized the economy, the creation of the Central Bank's currency board, and the complex social reality behind the statistical success. Lucas and Luna discuss how this monetary miracle allowed Argentina to emerge from the crisis of the late 1980s, only to plant the seeds for the devastating economic collapse of 2001. The conversation examines the political maneuvering, the public’s initial relief, and the structural rigidities that made the peg ultimately unsustainable, offering a deep dive into one of the most ambitious monetary experiments in modern history.

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