by Dan Mitchell | Apr 19, 2026 | Blogs, Economics
Today’s column is about Argentina, but it’s not going to be about Javier Milei or the libertarian changes (here, here, and here) he has made since becoming president in December 2023. Instead, we’re going to focus on how Argentina became an...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 12, 2026 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
I wrote yesterday about the Hayek Socialism Index, which showed Hong Kong getting the best score, followed by Liechtenstein and Monaco (with North Korea getting the worst score). Today, let’s focus specifically on Argentina since the Index gives...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 1, 2026 | Blogs, Economics
President Lyndon Johnson (in)famously declared a War on Poverty back in the 1960s and the net result was a bloated welfare state and more government dependency. Most depressing, poverty had been declining before LBJ expanded the...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 22, 2026 | Bailouts, Blogs
Before the 2023 presidential election in Argentina, 108 left-leaning economists released a letter warning that Javier Milei’s “economic proposals…are fraught with risks that make them potentially very harmful for the Argentine economy.” Voters...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 21, 2026 | Blogs, Economic Growth
I began this series by reviewing the terrible shape of the Argentinian economy when Javier Milei took over at the end of 2023. I then wrote four columns (here, here, here, and here) on the steps that Milei has taken to restore prosperity. The good news is that his...
