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The only picture you need to see to understand how insane Argentine inflation is

Argentina's inflation rate in 2014 hit 40%, one of the highest inflation rates in the world.

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It's hard to really understand what that means to people's daily lives, though, unless you've got a good illustration.

Luckily, Conz Preti over at BuzzFeed handed us this one. Here are two Argentine ads, one for a VW in 2001 and another for a Samsung Galaxy phone in 2015. They're almost the same price.

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Conz Preti, BuzzFeed
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