Argentina's economy is a self-similar process: when you look at snapshots taken days apart, nothing's really changed. When you look at snapshots taken a few yea

Argentina's economy is a self-similar process: when you look at snapshots taken days apart, nothing's really changed. When you look at snapshots taken a few years apart, nothing's changed, either. On occasion, there's (ephemeral) change at intermediate timescales. Borges, one of their most excellent writers, once said: Argentina "has all its past ahead of it".