Argentine policy disqualifies economist who does not exist in radio program

A controversial and at least unusual event was experienced in a radio program in Argentina when the Minister of Labor of that country, Raquel Olmos, questioned an economist.

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But it was not because of the economist’s sayings, but because he made reference to a person who does not exist but was invented by the journalistto Marcelo Longobardi. doIn that way? What happened?

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in your program on CNN Radio, Longobardi He said “an economist friend informs me that we did not reach 90,000 million”.

Given this, Olmos said; “You speak to me of an anonymous economist, I put him with a name and surname that we are going to exceed 90,000, that we are going to approach 100,000 million dollars.”

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Later, the journalist said that the economist was Fortunato Seco in reference to a character who is part of a morning program in the country and in a joking tone.

And Minister Olmos said that she did know who he was, she said he was liberal and that she heard him in the media.”

Given this, the journalist Longobardi told the minister that he was an invented person. And the official replied: “Well, you are very lucky. In the same way he must have invented the figure that he awarded ”.

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