Maybe they should export that game to Iceland. Cheers, k hanly
Blog: http://kenthink7.blogspot.com/index.html Blog: http://kencan7.blogspot.com/index.html --- On Tue, 1/5/10, Robert Naiman <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Robert Naiman <[email protected]> > Subject: [Pen-l] FT: Argentines play "beat the IMF" > To: "Progressive Economics" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, January 5, 2010, 1:13 PM > 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 > _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
