Some more sensible economists did indeed point at this "best-of-the-class" decision as a reason for lasting troubles; and this is what I referred to when I said a Kirchner would be needed. Then again, the situation could have been better, had the escalating spending spree promises of the 2002 election campaign not been fulfilled in a way that blew up the deficit again.

_{*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.}