Pfff. Just wrote 10 pages about the development of Bolivia (and how one of the most prosperous colonies of Latin America fell to the bottom of the pak) and about the problems (and potential solutions) of the privatization of the pension funds, in such a poor country. First draft of my final Latam paper. (my group partner writes the other half on gas exports to the US and Mexico, via the fiercest perceived rival, Chile, as a political liability in the country, resulting in the ousting of the former president and on the highly unpopular US-led coca eradication program, providing little viable alternative to the peasants that it leaves without a living)

Various sources included World Bank data, OECD reports and studies across various Latam countries, pension fund managers comparision (marketing) data, Bolivia's central government text of law, various articles and newspapers. A very time consuming business this.

I am quite amazed at the possibility to write about the intricacy of such a complicated financial system, about the various incentives programs that could be put in place, about the effects of certain reforms AND understand what I was writing.

Maybe I am turning into a finance gorilla.

National Week Vote was cast today. Alea Jacta Est. Tomorrow night is Winter Ball.

Will also select my electives, finish off first draft of OB paper, my contribution to the next Finance case and kick off PoM revisions. All this in the coming two days.