by Dan Mitchell | Jul 11, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations
Part I of this video series gave a brief summary of how Javier Milei’s free market policies have rejuvenated Argentina’s economy. But more reform is needed and this second video makes the case for labor market deregulation. Politicians impose so-called...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 8, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
I’ve written extensively about the amazing libertarian reforms being implemented by Javier Milei in Argentina. Here’s a very short video celebrating his accomplishments. Except the headline of this column is misleading. What’s happening in Argentina is super...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 21, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
In Part VII of this series about Javier Milei’s libertarian policies in Argentina, I celebrated a 10-percentage point reduction in the nation’s poverty rate. That’s amazing progress in a short amount of time. As shown in this updated chart,...
by Dan Mitchell | May 23, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Trade
Argentina has been an unfortunate member of the Anti-Convergence Club, having been featured once in 2018 and twice in 2023 (here and here). Today’s column will start by making Argentina a four-time member. As you can see from the chart (based...
by Dan Mitchell | May 19, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
Back in 2017, I created my Fourth Theorem of Government in hopes of convincing timid Republicans that it would be politically beneficial to reduce the burden of government. My example was Ronald Reagan, who did things that seemed politically unpopular, such...