As a result, transmission constraints in the United States and the European Union are threatening to table large-scale wind and solar energy projects under development.

FORBES: Transmission Bottlenecks Bad News for Renewable Energy

Compounding this imbalance is the fact that continuing urbanization and property development have taken large amounts of farmland out of production, threatening grain supply and agricultural development.

FORBES: Chopsticks

Most of the large banks are foreign, and their owners are publicly threatening to walk away from Argentina.

ECONOMIST: Argentina's crisis