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To: Peter O'Brien who wrote (540480)	2/15/2004 12:38:01 AM
From: JBTFD	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Your insistence that "free market reforms" had a positive result are an example of your attitude that "privatization and deregulation are the solution to all economic ills." You didn't even hear my alternate explanation, or if you did, you just ignored it. <<In fact, the WHOLE point of my argument is that (despite their beneficial effects) the reforms in Argentina weren't sufficient to overcome other more severe issues Argentina was facing.>> Take out the (despite their beneficial effects) assumption by you and I can agree with this point. We are in fact equal in the only real point of contention in this dialog. You say the free market reforms were beneficial. This article qed.econ.queensu.ca says that: "Argentina remained an expensive place to do business because of the privatization of many of the industries that had occurred. " Perhaps it was privatization which resulted in a loss of competitiveness in Argentina. That would be in exact opposition to your conclusion. Those "free market reforms" may not have been beneficial.