Louis Proyect wrote:
Use of 1975
as a starting point is even more misleading from the standpoint of social
science. Argentina has been going downhill since the overthrow of Peron.
HDI, Argentina
1975 0.781
1980 0.795
1985 0.801
1990 0.804
1998 0.837
social stats, Argentina (source: World
I cite this stuff not to say that neoliberalism is wonderful or that
Argentina is paradise. Neoliberalism is a crime against humanity, and
Argentina could do a lot better under a more humane regime. But it's
just wrong to say that it's all a story of going uninterrupedly
downhill.
Doug
As I
