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After Milei decree: Argentine companies will be able to pay their employees with milk or meat instead of money Chancellor Diana Mondino confirmed that employers and workers will be able to agree on contracts in any type of currency, including bitcoins, kilos of beef or liters of milk.

The Argentine government announced a series of economic deregulation measures that will come into effect starting this week, among which is the possibility of agreeing on contracts in any type of currency, including food such as beef or milk.

The information was provided by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Argentina, Diana Mondino, who announced on Twitter that "we ratify and confirm that in Argentina contracts can be agreed in Bitcoin and also any other crypto and/or species such as kilos of steer or liters of milk".

In addition, the chancellor referred to article 766 of the Civil and Commercial Code of Argentina, reformed by decree of President Javier Milei, which details that "the obligation of the debtor is to deliver the corresponding amount of the designated currency, whether the currency is legal tender in the Republic as if it does not have it.

It should be noted that this is not the first time that Argentina has had to resort to barter: already during the economic crisis of 2001, during the government of Fernando de la Rúa, the exchange of goods and services without money became popular in the trans-Andean country.

The statements on the inclusion of cryptocurrencies and other species in financial obligations, within the framework of Article 766, pose interesting challenges. The incorporation of these assets into financial legislation is a topic of global debate, and their impact on the economy and transactions requires careful consideration.

How do you think this proposal can affect the economic and financial outlook in Argentina?

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[-] DankZedong@lemmygrad.ml 47 points 11 months ago

Surely there must be some people around him who actually studied economics who can tell him that this is a bad idea lol

[-] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 43 points 11 months ago

Looking at them, they studied their economics in the austrian cult at most because so far he's going along their textbook.

[-] kredditacc@lemmygrad.ml 37 points 11 months ago

He may have received direct orders from the CIA, who knows?

[-] Gosplan14_the_Third@hexbear.net 32 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

There being a situation like in 90s Russia where the boss doesn't have to pay you is something Milei wants.

The hope is that having an impoverished population will make them willing to work for less and make the line go up.

[-] LoomingMountain@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 10 months ago

Another poster mentioned that he himself has actually studied economics and was a professor of economy.

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