[smnrchrds]

The polar opposite of Japan. Japan cannot increase inflation no matter what they do; Argentina cannot decrease it no matter what they do.

https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2019/03/28/h...

[kobalsky]

Just tell japan we could send some politicians over there to fix their issue.

Argentina's issue isn't a case study though. On one of the last auctions to print bills there were no bids because they were asking for an insane delivery date. We literally cannot print them fast enough.

[hervature]

I think you meant "Japan cannot increase"

[naniwaduni]

"Japan cannot increase" is a surprisingly broadly true statement, even...

[e12e]

It's on a fault line. Japan increases all the time...

[smnrchrds]

Thanks. Fixed.

[Jansen312]

Japan has too many subsidies and intra-corporations-labour protection. That shielded them at the expense of stagflation.

[hn_throwaway_99]

"stagflation" doesn't describe Japan at all, they're the polar opposite.

[afterburner]

Stagflation means high inflation, high unemployment. Japan does not have high inflation.

[dustintrex]

Or high unemployment for that matter, although reality is less rosy than the headline stats.

[LudwigNagasena]

They can, they just don’t want to.