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The OECD on Argentina: Wishful thinking and libertarian fantasies

It is not surprising that Argentina’s situation, with its libertarian president, is being hyped by many media outlets. The libertarian-leaning business editors are eagerly waiting to report on the breakthrough of radical ‘liberal’ ideology. However, when a major international organisation such as the OECD allows itself to be drawn into this political game, …

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Rising US government debt: Trump is not to blame

8. July 2025 I General

Trump’s debt plans are an affront to economic reason, says a commentator in Handelsblatt. In 40 years, the US national debt ratio could reach 200 percent. That will not end well. Another commentator in the same newspaper goes so far as to say in an ‘essay’ that the president is weakening the world’s strongest economy ‘at breathtaking speed’ because the new law represents an ‘incalculable debt gamble’. …

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