A hundred years ago, Argentina was one of the wealthiest countries in the world on a per capita basis. Today, its economy is shrinking, inflation is at 150%, and 40% of its citizens live below the poverty line. Decades of corporate socialism, overweening labor unions, and massive government spending have wrecked a once-thriving economy.

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