Welcome to Crimetown, a series produced by Marc Smerling and Zac Stuart-Pontier in partnership with Gimlet Media. Each season, we investigate the culture of crime in a different city. In Season 2, Crimetown heads to the heart of the Rust Belt: Detroit, Michigan. From its heyday as Motor City to its rebirth as the Brooklyn of the Midwest, Detroit’s history reflects a series of issues that strike at the heart of American identity: race, poverty, policing, loss of industry, the war on drugs, an ...
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HEADLINE: Argentina's Fear of Dollarization and the Wobbly Peso GUEST NAME: Mary Anastasia O'GradySUMMARY: John Batchelor speaks with Mary Anastasia O'Grady about the delay in Argentina's dollarization. Dollarization would bring down interest rates, end inflation, and attract capital. However, President Milei's team feared the large devaluation that would occur when letting the peso float to find its true market rate before dollarizing, worrying this would damage their public standing.
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