Record unemployment is one of the consequences of the global economic crisis, but in Argentina, fewer jobs were lost in the crisis than in many other countries. A new report from the ILO found that's because Argentina learned some lessons from a bitter experience in the past, and protected jobs when hard times came around again.
Argentina learned a valuable lesson - how to protect itself. Americans are less prepared to take care of themselves now than their ancestors were in the Great Depression.
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