Hello and welcome to the intelligence from the economists. I'm Jason Palmer, back as your host.

Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

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New research looks into why loud, smelly cars became the standard that the world is only now driving away from.

But first...

Argentina's opposition had plenty to celebrate after midterm elections last night, having handed

the governing Parenthood

Party a set of embarrassments.

The Parenthoods lost control of the Senate for the first time in nearly four decades.

At a post-election rally, the mayor of Buenos Aires, Oracio Rodriguez-Lareta, thanked voters,

mentioning economic precarity and unemployment.

We did all an election historic in the province of Buenos Aires,

we've got to gain.

Grasias to the Bonahearnes, I know that

the country's continued dance with the IMF over billions in debt

and a messy pandemic response, and it's clear why he said voters wanted change.

For his part, President Alberto Fernandez sounded a cooperative tone,

calling for consensus and a shared agenda.

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