News articles
Columns I write for newspapers, mostly in Argentina and in Spanish, each with a technical report in English that sets out the data, the methods and the assumptions behind every number.
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Nov 2026
Not making ends meet: what Argentine households do when income falls short
In October, Argentina's President asked how someone who runs out of money on the 20th could go ten days without eating. Official survey data tell a different story: not making ends meet means spending savings, borrowing, taking a second job or dropping private health cover. And the middle class is hit hardest.
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Nov 2026
Fewer children, farther from school
San Carlos de Bariloche now records almost half as many births as thirteen years ago, and it has more schools than in 2011. But the schools stayed in the centre, the city grew outwards, and the municipality expects it to keep growing that way.