Argentina Was Richer Than France. So Why 9 Defaults?

In 1913, Argentina was one of the ten richest countries on Earth. It has also defaulted on its debt nine times. How did a boom become a pattern? We compare Argentina's income per person with France, Germany and Australia from 1870 to 2022 using the Maddison Project Database, and trace all nine defaults from 1827 to 2020. Chapters 0:00 Richer Than France 0:25 A Country Built on Steam and Ice 2:14 One Customer, an Ocean Away 3:45 The Year the World Shut Its Doors 5:30 Buying Back the Trains 6:52 The Fever That Never Broke 8:35 Money That Melts 10:00 One Peso, One Dollar 11:47 Default, Repeat 13:39 The Bet, a Century Later #Argentina #EconomicHistory #Geography