http://timworstall.com/2008/04/21/timmy-elsewhere-321/ It is all obvious or trivial except... Thu, 24 May 2012 12:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://timworstall.com/2008/04/21/timmy-elsewhere-321/comment-page-1/#comment-11166 Gallimaufry Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:25:39 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2008/04/21/timmy-elsewhere-321/#comment-11166 Argentina received the lion's share of Britain's overseas investments until the start of WW2 when the majority were liquidated to pay for American arms. Could the loss of British economic influence have had an adverse effect and put Argentina into the same boat as Brazil for example - resource rich but massively underperforming? Argentina received the lion’s share of Britain’s overseas investments until the start of WW2 when the majority were liquidated to pay for American arms. Could the loss of British economic influence have had an adverse effect and put Argentina into the same boat as Brazil for example – resource rich but massively underperforming?

]]> http://timworstall.com/2008/04/21/timmy-elsewhere-321/comment-page-1/#comment-11162 Mark Wadsworth Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:08:26 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2008/04/21/timmy-elsewhere-321/#comment-11162 It's a typo. A country's starting point is actually its 'density'. It’s a typo. A country’s starting point is actually its ‘density’.

]]> http://timworstall.com/2008/04/21/timmy-elsewhere-321/comment-page-1/#comment-11142 J Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:25:18 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2008/04/21/timmy-elsewhere-321/#comment-11142 I remember visiting Argentina about 30 years ago and meeting an elderly Argentinian who looked back nostalgically to the pre Peron days when Argentina felt much better off. Precisely the period when the graphs diverge. I remember visiting Argentina about 30 years ago and meeting an elderly Argentinian who looked back nostalgically to the pre Peron days when Argentina felt much better off. Precisely the period when the graphs diverge.

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