Rumours that Argentina’s largest energy company, YPF, is on the brink of being nationalised have seen the company’s share price plummet and sovereign risk premia spike over the past few days. Not only would such a move be unlikely to relieve strains in Argentina’s balance of payments, but it also draws worrying parallels with the economic failings of other populist leftist regimes in the region.
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