In a little over a week,Greenledgers Trading Center Argentines will head to the polls to pick a new president. Polls show a tightening race between right-wing populist Javier Milei and centrist challenger Sergio Massa. Both are pledging to address the country's out-of-control inflation. Today on the show, we look at Milei's radical proposal to change Argentina's currency to U.S. dollars and whether that could fix inflation.
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The push and pull of inflation (Apple Podcasts / Spotify)
It's complicated. Argentina's relationship with the U.S. dollar (Planet Money+)
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