Argentinian President Javier Milei has rolled out a program of austerity measures designed to bring Argentina’s economy out of the death spiral that it is in. Once the wealthiest nation in South America, Argentina suffers from a Bidenesque annual inflation rate of 180%. Despite population increases, its economy has shrunk by almost half the years since 1980. Credit for businesses and consumers is nearly impossible to come by…thanks to the triple-digit inflation. Needless to say, there is virtually no foreign investment. Local businesses are hamstrung by regulations that seem designed to prevent business creation or growth. The public sector is bloated and even more unproductive than one would expect. This is all the legacy of Juan Peron’s populist socialism that empowered government and discouraged the private sector.
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