Javier Milei Week, Part V: Fixing Argentina’s Monetary Crisis

by Dan Mitchell | Mar 20, 2026 | Blogs, Monetary Policy

I’ve been participating in a conference in Argentina this week on “Understanding Argentina’s Transformations Under Milei.” Part I reviewed the horrible economic conditions that plagued Argentina when Javier Milei took office. Part II looked at Milei’s...

Javier Milei Week, Part IV: Argentina’s Pre-2023 Descent into Protectionism

by Dan Mitchell | Mar 19, 2026 | Blogs, Economics, Trade

Last year, as part of a series on the additional reforms Milei needs to enact in Argentina, I shared this video on reducing protectionism. Since the video was only one-minute long, there was no chance to provide details. But at the conference in Buenos Aires...

Javier Milei Week, Part III: Good Economic Policies, Good Economic Results

by Dan Mitchell | Mar 18, 2026 | Blogs, Regulations

Part I of this series reviewed the horrible economic conditions that plagued Argentina when Javier Milei took office. Part II looked at Milei’s spending restraint and some of the subsequent improvements in fiscal outcomes. For today’s column, let’s focus on what Milei...

Javier Milei Week, Part II: Good Fiscal Policies, Good Fiscal Results

by Dan Mitchell | Mar 17, 2026 | Blogs, Government Spending

Part I of this series focused on the horrible economic conditions that led to Javier Milei’s election in late 2023. For Part II, let’s start with this segment from an interview I did last week while in Slovenia. In less than two minutes, I tried to summarize Milei’s...

Javier Milei Week, Part I: Inheriting an Economic Crisis

by Dan Mitchell | Mar 16, 2026 | Blogs

Given my enthusiasm for Javier Milei and his libertarian reforms, I’m excited to be in Buenos Aires for a week-long program on “Understanding Argentina’s Transformations Under Milei.” This means a heavy does of Milei-ism this week....