Comments by "Bev Bevan" (@bevbevan6189) on "What if Paraguay won the War of the Triple Alliance?" video.

  1. It was a brief period when their commodity exports commanded very high prices. Over the long term, commodity prices fluctuate rather than rise. South America has never moved beyond that phase of economic development, partly because it's too politically unstable for anyone to make the big investments necessary to drive industrialization.
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  2. Very true, but much less fun.
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