http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7bdcce10-f3e0-11de-ac55-00144feab49a.html
Reality board game craze hits Argentina By Jude Webber in Buenos Aires Published: December 28 2009 18:52 | Last updated: December 28 2009 18:52 “Can you beat the IMF?” invites the board game box, emblazoned with a top hat decorated in the stars and stripes and stuffed with dollars, on shop shelves in Argentina. While the world has been devouring reality television shows, many Argentines have been opting this Christmas for reality board games, such as Eternal Debt, involving the International Monetary Fund. Among the wave of reality board games to have hit the Argentine market in recent years, Eternal Debt has remained a niche favourite among those who still blame the IMF for leading the country into a nearly $100bn default eight years ago. The game, by local manufacturer Ruibal, involves taking Latin American raw materials, turning them into industrial products and selling the finished goods in world markets, using IMF capital. [...] -- Robert Naiman Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org [email protected] _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
