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Jose Alfredo Martinez de Hoz
Jose Alfredo Martinez de Hoz (born 13 August 1925) was an Argentine politician, best known as the Minister of Economy under president Jorge Rafael Videla between 1976 and 1981, during the the last military dictatorship.
On 2 April 1976 Martinez de Hoz announced a plan to open up the markets, keep inflation in check and stimulate foreign investment. Workers' salaries were frozen and subject to state control. The debt of private companies as well as the national public and private debt increased considerably. The deregulation of the financial markets removed checks on banks and transferred the responsibility to the state, ...
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