Showing posts with label Argentina. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Argentina. Show all posts
Thursday, December 11, 2025

Two Years of Milei: Is Argentina's Libertarian Gamble a Miracle or Mayhem?

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Two years into President Javier Milei's presidency, Argentina remains in the midst of one of the most ambitious economic overhauls attem...
Thursday, October 30, 2025

Milei's Monetary Tightrope: Argentina Is Caught Between a Crawling Band and Whatever Comes Next

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Last Sunday, I left Buenos Aires after spending 40 days. It suffices to say Argentina has been on my mind a lot. I have mostly examined Arge...
Thursday, December 12, 2024

President Javier Milei Improved Argentina in His First Year as Planet's First Libertarian President

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As much as I love Argentina culturally, its economy has been ruined by nearly eight decades of Peronist government largesse, including garga...
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Monday, August 19, 2024

Milei Eliminates Rent Control in Argentina, the Housing Market Booms: When Will the U.S. Political Left Learn?

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Javier Milei has grabbed my attention not only because he is the President of Argentina, but more notably because he is the first libertaria...
Monday, February 26, 2024

Argentina's First Budget Surplus in Over a Decade Showing Merits of Economic Austerity

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For me, austerity is a term I remember coming across frequently during the Great Recession and subsequent years. It is reminiscent of the ec...
Thursday, January 4, 2024

Deregulation Hasn't Really Been a Road Taken for Argentina, But Milei's Efforts to Do So Are the Right Path

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Even before Javier Milei was elected, numerous media outlets have vilified Milei. At the Financial Times, he is a radical right-winger . For...
Monday, December 4, 2023

Why Argentina Needs to Ditch Its Peso and Pursue Dollarization "Ya Mismo"

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Argentina's economic state has been in disarray for quite some time. In 2003, the Argentinian peso (ARS) was valued at about 3 pesos to ...
Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Macri Imposed Capital Controls: When Will Argentina Learn Its Lesson?

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To say that the Argentinian economy is not performing well is an understatement. Peso depreciation began in 2018 , and ever since, Argentina...
Thursday, March 7, 2019

A Look at Projections for the Argentinian Economy in 2019

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I recently vacationed in Buenos Aires for about a week. It was the first time that I traveled abroad by myself, and I have to say that I qui...
Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Peso Depreciation, Inflation, and Interest Rate Hike: Is Argentina Looking at a 2018 Recession?

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Panic is a word that one could use to describe the Argentinian economy right now. The Wall Street Journal recently referred to it as a death...
Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Don't Cry for Argentina and Its Latest Default

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I find myself in a sardonic enough of a mood to wonder if defaulting has become an Argentinian pastime. About a week ago, Argentina de facto...
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