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Argentina Should Know That Nationalizing Oil Doesn't Work

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NATIONALIZATION IS NOT THE ANSWER
Our energy - therefore our economy - would be predicated on the whimsy of Green Socialist politicians such as our current president.

R.L. Schaefer of CA 11:39AM April 23, 2012

Two counterpoints: They've been lucky with soaring agricultural prices, and if you stop paying your debts, you free up a lot of cash, in the short run. Not quite the same as success.

Mike Lynch of MA 4:49PM April 22, 2012

Except for one problem: Argentina has been booming since 2003, when President Nestor Kirchner came to power and rid the country of the plague of neo-liberal economic models, which had destroyed the country by 2001. But then again, one can't expect more from the writer of this article, who is fed by his billionaire bosses.

Ernest of ME 8:28PM April 20, 2012