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Monthly Archives: April 2009

“The house is in order”

Saturday, April 11, 2009

I can’t think of a better homage to Raul Alfonsin than just remembering that Easter day in Argentina. Tanks were passing by a few blocks from my house, but all the attention was in what was going on in la plaza de mayo.  For a good recount of the holy week of 1987, see http://eblog.com.ar/1974/la-casa-esta-en-orden

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The global slump

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

It’s 1930 time: Krugman has an interesting post citing a recent paper by Eichengreen and O’Rourke comparing the present-day global slump with 1930. And they find it’s worse.

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