https://peertube.mountain-adventure-spirit.xyz/videos/watch/39b6b442-97a2-4f37-9bb5-0717e30d7aca An in-depth look at why Argentina (allegedly) declined from 'rich' to 'poor' Support me on Patreon: https://patreon.com/BadEmpanada Follow my Stream: https://twitch.tv/BadEmpanada Follow my Instagram: https://instagram.com/BadEmpanada Become a member on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/BadEmpanada/join One-time donations: https://ko-fi.com/BadEmpanada Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjY9R3_6sxfUViabj93Vnhw 00:00 Intro 01:56 Historical foundations 12:15 Living standards during the 'Golden Age' 17:37 Comparison with Australia 23:18 Historical timeline 1916-1975 & the real 'Golden Age' 43:02 The Premise: Its origins, why it's so popular, & its problems 45:24 The true point of diversion: 1975 onwards 55:51 Conclusions Sources: [1] https://www.rug.nl/ggdc/historicaldevelopment/maddison/?lang=en [2] Office-Selling, Corruption and Long-Term Development in Peru, Jenny Guardado. [3] To Make America, Ida Altman & James Horn. [4] Labor Force and Employment 1800-1960, Stanley Lebergott. [5] Settler economies during the First Globalization, Jorge Alvarez & Henry Willebald. [6] Why did Argentina become a super-exporter of agricultural and food products during the Belle Époque (1880-1929), Vicente Pinilla & Agustina Rayes. [7] Rural Unrest and Agrarian Policy in Argentina, 1912-1930, Carl Solberg. [8] https://ourworldindata.org/literacy [9] Education in Argentina, 1890-1914: The Limits of Oligarchical Reform, Hobart A. Spalding Jr.. [10] https://ourworldindata.org/global-education#years-of-schooling [11] https://ourworldindata.org/life-expectancy [12] https://www.statista.com/statistics/1042623/australia-all-time-infant-mortality-rate/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1042424/france-all-time-infant-mortality-rate/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1073110/infant-mortality-rate-argentina-historical/ [13] https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2010/mar/pdf/bu-0310-10.pdf [14] El origen de la industrialización argentina, Javier Villanueva. [15] Argentine Industrialization: A Critique of the Liberal and Dependentist Schools, Eduardo Sartelli & Marina Kabat. [16] Foot and Mouth Disease in the United States, Mexico and Argentina, David Nesheim. [17] Historia Economica Politica y Social de la Argentina, (1880-2000), Mario Rapoport. [18] A short episodic history of income distribution in Argentina, Facundo Alvaredo, et al. [19] https://nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/general-peron.pdf [20] An Economic History of Twentieth-Century Latin America, Enrique Cardénas, et al. [21] The Argentine Economy After Two Centuries, Francisco Buera, et al. [22] https://www.thestreet.com/economonitor/latin-america/argentina-the-myth-of-a-century-of-decline [23] Argentina’s Quarter Century Experiment with Neoliberalism, Paul Cooney. #Argentina #History #Economics Fri, 19 Jun 2026 02:45:15 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.mountain-adventure-spirit.xyz https://peertube.mountain-adventure-spirit.xyz/lazy-static/avatars/ef51e553-df20-4280-a022-2b8adc4c57e3.jpg https://peertube.mountain-adventure-spirit.xyz/videos/watch/39b6b442-97a2-4f37-9bb5-0717e30d7aca All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.mountain-adventure-spirit.xyz/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.