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The Dig: Clash of Empires w/ Ho-fung Hung

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The Commodity Boom in Latin America - The Origin of the Break

When China's construction room boom fizzled out after 2010 it's demand for commodities fell. Many commodity exporters buoyed by the China boom experienced a slowdown or even recession. The economic crises in Brazil and Venezuela in the 2010s are cases in point yeah.

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