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Steady as she goes
Nov 1st 2011, 19:50 by The Economist online
CRISTINA FERNÁNDEZ was easily re-elected as Argentina's president last month. Orthodox economists hope she will cool off the country's overheating economy in her second term, but The Economist's readers are sceptical: 58% of them said she is likely to maintain her expansionist policies.
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I don't know about Argentina's economy being hot or not, but Christina Fernandez is definitely hot. She would get my vote anytime. I wish America had a President as hot as Argentina's.