Finally, a real libertarian is president. That's in Argentina, where last year, Javier Milei surprised pundits by winning the election by a landslide. Now
One year in, ’El Loco’ is curbing public spending, slashing red tape—and offering his services to Donald Trump.
Javier Milei is turning his country around, but just like Britain in the 1970s, things in Argentina had to deteriorate dramatically before capitalist reformers like him and Thatcher stood a chance
Argentine President Javier Milei received a major vote of confidence as the libertarian introduces sweeping reforms to transform South America's second largest economy. Credit rating agency Moody's sees less risk of a debt default,
Argentina’s Salta province has begun a bidding process to build a roughly two-block fence near the Bolivian border as part of President Javier Milei’s efforts to crack down on drug trafficking and contraband.
The author thanks Ignacio Albe, Olivier Blanchard, Martina Copelman, Joseph Gagnon, José de Gregorio, Patrick Honohan, Douglas Irwin, Maurice Obstfeld, and other PIIE colleagues for their comments and suggestions.
Argentinian President Javier Milei called out the radical left for imposing gender ideology on children, during a controversial speech at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland.
Javier Milei’s government in Argentina has implemented radical economic policies, including devaluing the peso, which have led to significant economic instability and social unrest, despite
Argentina's deregulation tsar Federico Sturzenegger, after a year spearheading one of the world's most aggressive attacks on the public sector and red tape, plans even deeper cuts this year, with sights set on industries from autos to medicines.
Javier Milei, Argentina’s chainsaw-wielding president, has won Donald Trump’s praise and attended his inauguration. Under Milei, inflation is down, but poverty is up.
In a major setback in the fight against gender-based violence, Argentinian President Javier Milei’s government has announced it will repeal the crime of femicide from the penal code.
Traders and analysts expect Argentina's central bank to lower its benchmark interest rate as soon as Thursday, as inflation falls sharply and as the bank is set to slow the monthly pace of devaluation of the local peso currency.