Argentina

Adrian Ravier is explaining the reforms undertaken by the government of Javier Millei to the population. Ravier is giving a first-hand impression of parliamentary work in Argentina and what is about to be done next in Argentina – one of the few countries where Austrian Economics is currently implemented directly into the proceedings of an […]

  The IMF’s Board recently approved $1 billion in new disbursements to Argentina. The accompanying Staff Report and Selected Issues Paper are worth reading carefully — they are technically sophisticated, broadly fair to the Milei government’s achievements, and candid about the risks ahead. But they are also worth reading for a different reason: at several points, the documents’ own […]

  ABSTRACT This paper summarizes the stabilization plan implemented by Javier Milei in Argentina between December 2023 and April 2026, while also outlining expectations for the remainder of his term in office. The plan includes “three anchors” (fiscal, monetary, and exchange-rate), along with the deregulation process and the structural reforms that gained momentum during the […]

The puzzle that keeps repeating Argentina has tried to stabilize its economy before. It has done so under military governments and democratic ones, under heterodox programs and orthodox ones, under economists who believed in markets and politicians who did not. Each episode produced a period of relative calm. Each period eventually ended the same way. […]

  How do you get from a distorted economy to a free market without the transition destroying the reform itself? The recent public clash between President Javier Milei and businessmen such as Paolo Rocca over a pipeline contract exposes a deeper question that every market-oriented government must eventually confront: How do you actually get from […]