by Dan Mitchell | Dec 10, 2024 | Blogs, Free Market
Today is the one-year anniversary of Javier Milei’s inauguration as President of Argentina. Let’s start our celebration with this video from Reason. To grasp the challenge Milei faced upon taking office, I recommend you watch every second of the video. But if you...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 1, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations
Here’s what I’ve written so far as part of my multi-part series on Argentina’s libertarian president. In Part 1 of this series, I showed how Javier Milei has done a great job shrinking the burden of government spending. In Part II, I investigated how much he...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 29, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs
Let’s return to our analysis of Argentina’s libertarian President. In Part 1 of this series, I showed how Javier Milei has done a great job shrinking the burden of government spending. In Part II, I investigated how much he might be able to improve Argentina’s ranking...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 27, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
In Part I of this series about Javier Milei, I shared some IMF data showing a big decline in the overall burden of government in Argentina. I focused on overall spending (national, provincial, and local) for two reasons. That’s the only data I had in English...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 26, 2024 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
In Part I of this series, I looked at how President Milei has achieved an amazing level of spending restraint in just one year. For Part II, let’s look at his ultimate objective. As he explains in this video, he wants Argentina to be the world’s...