# Domingo Cavallo Back to [[Economic Freedom and Prosperity]] · [[Case Studies/Argentina]] **Role:** Economy Minister of Argentina, 1991–96 and 2001 - Harvard-trained economist (b. 1946) ◻. - Architect of the 1991 Convertibility plan (peso pegged one-to-one to the dollar), which ended hyperinflation, and of 1990s privatisation ◻. - Returned in 2001, imposed the *corralito* deposit freeze in December 2001, and resigned in that month's crisis ◻. - Shows the gap in the post: Argentina's most market-oriented decade ended in its worst crash, which the post does not mention. Key: ✔ confirmed this session · ◻ standard knowledge, not opened this session · ⚠️ unconfirmed.