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Under Argentina’s New President, Fuel Is Up 60%, and Diaper Prices Have Doubled (www.nytimes.com)

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

From David Greaber’s and Michael Hudson’s work, I think I have a better understanding than most.

Whether or not you need a government to manage money is neither here nor there. The specific monies that the US & Argentina specifically have are sovereign fiat monies, which are controlled by their governments.

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