The black market is indispensable to one's insight into a country. Right away you know if there is a black market, and if so, whether the currency carries a big premium. The black market is like taking somebody's temperature. If I give you a thermometer and we take your temperature, we know whether something is wrong. We do not know what is wrong, but we do know that something is wrong. If you have a high temperature, we know that something is really wrong. The black market operates the same way. You do not know what is wrong if there is a black market, but it gives you the frist hint. And if there is a big premium in the market - a large discrepancy between the official rate and the black market rate - you know something is seriously wrong. If you want to know something about a country, you can learn more from talking to a black marketer than from speaking to a government minister.
Da nova biografia de Jim Rogers, Street Smarts. A economia da Argentina vai bem, obrigado.
P.S. Não sei se já linkei aqui, mas há uns dois anos a Glória Maria fez uma matéria divertida com ele em Cingapura. Figuraça.
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Glória Maria: Crianças de olhos puxados em Cingapura = Chineses.hehe
Eu não conhecia o mercado negro e já sabia que o país tava na merda...
do wikipedia:
Rogers does not consider himself a member of any school of economic thought, but has acknowledged that his views best fit the label of Austrian School of economics.
Recomenda os livros do Roger, DK?
Parecem muito bons
Gostei de todos que li (os das viagens e o que ele escreveu para as filhas), jeito old school de pensar o mundo (alguns vão dizer que está ultrapassado).
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