The Argentine Tragedy

Hunger, illiteracy, unemployment, an exploding population, race conflict, strife between the oppressive oligarchy and the miserable masses, with no middle class to stabilize a backward economy: are these the familiar problems of all Latin America? Then, a powerful case must be made for Argentine exceptionalism.

Argentines are perhaps the best-fed people on earth; their per capita consumption of food is higher than ours. The national complaint is liver trouble, a disorder that stems fro...