[Source.](https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/05/argentina_is_collapsing_againagain.html) > Argentina is on the verge of economic collapse again...for the umpteenth time. > How does Argentina do it? I mean, for quite some time, I have been utterly amazed at how Argentina manages to fall on its face. And it has done so for over a century. > On paper, Argentina should be the richest, most productive nation on the planet. > – 45 million people in a large country, roughly half the size of the continental United States (the lower 48). It is underpopulated and could safely absorb millions — who would gladly come — if the country were run correctly.