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.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Argentina's Economy: Checkpoint 1 Quick checkpoint - five questions on Argentina's golden age, Peronism, inflation, convertibility and the corralito. 5 questions
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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