Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio. I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

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

After decades in the post-Soviet wilderness, some hard-left ideas are making a comeback.

Our correspondent sifts through the new manifestos and investigates the differences between

millennial socialism and some even more radical ideas.

And with the relentless rise of e-commerce, you might have thought that the mega-mall

was on the way out, not entirely. We pay a visit to a sprawling new complex that lens

shopping and entertainment in a bid to keep the mall alive.

But first, Argentina's new president Alberto Fernandez will be inaugurated today.

He won a decisive victory in October's election, but he faces urgent economic problems.

Argentina has inflation over 50%, rising poverty, and a sputtering relationship with the

International Monetary Fund, which gave its biggest ever loan to the country last year.

The new president has a high-profile deputy.

The vice president, Christina Fernandez, decursioner, no relation.

She is a former president from the Peronist Movement whose populist policies hobbled

the economy for years. She also faces legal troubles, accused of numerous corruption charges

that she denies.

As the Fernandez do take office, how will they govern? Some hope for pragmatism, others

fear more Peronist populism. Now that the two have named their cabinet, a picture is forming

of how the new era might look.

The cabinet looks like a mixture of how shall I put it back to the future and then some

new faces.

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