Argentina Introduction

19th century, the rapid growth of the Argentine economy in the world is unmatched. Thus, to the early 20th century, not only to the beautiful South American countries Argentina tango dancing and sturdy gaucho cowboy famous, but also because of the rich world-renowned. At that time, due to export large quantities of food and Argentine beef as the "world's granary and meat stores", which were regarded as the capital of Buenos Aires, "the Paris of South America." In many European cities, when people describe someone wealthy, often said, "He is like the Argentines as rich." In 1900, per capita GDP in Argentina were half of the US, UK and Australia, Japan doubled, slightly higher than in Finland and Norway, slightly lower than in Italy and Sweden. In 1913, Argentina's per capita income is $ 3797, higher than in France of $ 3485 and $ 3648 in Germany. Even in 1950, Argentina's wealth is still ahead of Japan, Italy, Austria and Germany are approximately equal.

Argentina has more conducive to economic development of the unique natural conditions. For example, Argentina's population of only 4 per cent of India, but it is the equivalent of the land area of ​​85%. Moderate the country's total area 1/4 pampas climate, fertile land, flat. Argentines often proudly said, "We plain from the Atlantic, the one plow plowed into the Andean foothills, will not hit a stone." In addition, Argentina also has a wealth of resources, including rare metals beryllium reserves in the world second, the uranium resource reserves ranked first in Latin America, the oil and gas resources are more abundant.

It is said that in Argentina there is such a joke: God the good things and bad things with them, and give the world's different regions. God saw Argentina is rich in resources, clean air and fertile land, he said:. "You can not take all good things, it should get some bad things." So he let the Argentines got a bad government .

Of course, the Argentine economic decline blamed on state-owned enterprises is unfair, but the loss of state-owned enterprises did make back Argentine government a heavy burden, thus affecting the effectiveness of government intervention. Further, in the opinion of many Argentines, the huge government ineffectiveness, excessive bureaucracy, government intervention is one of the main ability of the economy is not improved. However, the 1930 coup that occurred nearly 70 years of political stability and draw a conclusion.

Even if we know that! Mentioned above, Argentina has abundant agricultural resources, its comparative advantage lies in the production and export of agricultural products. Before the 1880s, animal husbandry has become a pillar of Argentina's economy, it is a major exporter of beef and leather products, the formation of a so-called "leather civilization." Since then, Argentina has absorbed large numbers of foreign immigrants, to develop pampas make farming has become a pillar of the national economy. Visible, whether it is farming or animal husbandry, have made Argentine in history to successfully play their comparative advantages, to obtain foreign exchange earnings by strong agricultural exports.