(Opinion) Brazil’s Real Plan in the 1990s achieved two remarkable things. First, it halted a long spell of inflation. Second, it averted the dollar’s grip on the economy, a path Argentina took with its Convertibility Plan. Unlike Argentina, where the dollar rules, Brazil shuns the U.S. currency. Walk into a shop in São Paulo or […]
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