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Curriculum Argentina's Economy

Argentina's Economy

How a once-rich country fell into repeated crises: Argentina's golden age, Perón and Peronism, a century of inflation, the peso-dollar peg, the 2001 corralito, the blue dollar, soy and beef, export taxes and the farm conflict, the IMF, Vaca Muerta shale, lithium and lessons.

  1. Once Among the Richest How Argentina was one of the world's richest countries around 1900, built on beef and grain exports, and the long puzzle of its relative decline. 📄 Read-aloud
  2. Perón and Peronism How Juan Perón's governments from 1946 expanded workers' rights and state control of the economy, and why Peronism still shapes Argentine politics. 📄 Read-aloud
  3. A Century of Inflation How Argentina has suffered high inflation for most of the past century, including hyperinflation in 1989-90, why it recurs, and how people cope. 📄 Read-aloud
  4. Convertibility: The Peso-Dollar Peg How Argentina's 1991 Convertibility Plan fixed one peso to one dollar and ended hyperinflation, and why the rigid peg later became a trap. 📄 Read-aloud
  5. The Corralito and the 2001 Collapse How Argentina froze bank withdrawals in December 2001, defaulted on its debt, abandoned the dollar peg and suffered a deep depression. 📄 Read-aloud
  6. The Blue Dollar: Parallel Exchange Rates How currency controls created an informal "blue" dollar market in Argentina with prices far above the official rate, and why multiple exchange rates distort the economy. 📄 Read-aloud
  7. Argentina's Economy: Checkpoint 1 Quick checkpoint - five questions on Argentina's golden age, Peronism, inflation, convertibility and the corralito. 5 questions
  8. Soy, Beef and the Pampas How Argentina's fertile Pampas make it a leading exporter of soy products, corn, wheat and beef, and how commodity booms and droughts drive its economy. 📄 Read-aloud
  9. Export Taxes and the Farm Conflict How Argentina taxes farm exports through retenciones, why a 2008 attempt to raise them sparked months of protests, and the economics of taxing exporters. 📄 Read-aloud
  10. Argentina and the IMF How Argentina became the IMF's largest borrower, including the record 57-billion-dollar programme of 2018 and a new 20-billion-dollar deal in 2025. 📄 Read-aloud
  11. Vaca Muerta: Shale Oil and Gas How Argentina's Vaca Muerta shale formation turned it from an energy importer toward an exporter, and why energy could ease its dollar shortages. 📄 Read-aloud
  12. Lithium and the Andes How Argentina is part of South America's lithium triangle, how its lithium mining grew with foreign investment, and the environmental and community debates. 📄 Read-aloud
  13. What Argentina Teaches The lessons Argentina's history offers about inflation, fiscal discipline, pegs, controls and institutions, and a recap of the module. 📄 Read-aloud

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