Deregulation

Rents, Internet Speeds, and Airfares: 3 Deregulation Success Stories From Milei's Argentina

Javier Milei is showing the world how deregulation can slash prices and improve services.

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Javier Milei wielding a chainsaw in front of a crowd | Jason C. Andrew/Bloomberg via Getty
(Jason C. Andrew/Bloomberg via Getty)

The December 2026 issue of Reason explores Argentine President Javier Milei's accomplishments and what is yet to be done.

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Argentina's deregulatory push may be the most significant story yet to come out of Javier Milei's presidency. After launching the Ministry of Deregulation and State Transformation and putting economist Federico Sturzenegger in charge of it, the Milei administration has been butting heads with crony capitalists, entrenched unions, and other beneficiaries of decades of corporatist policies. The results have not just been a boon for Argentina. As cronyism gets stronger in the United States and overregulation paralyzes Europe's economy, Milei is offering an example to the rest of the world.

Free the Rent

"Freeze the rent" was one of Zohran Mamdani's core proposals as he ran for mayor of New York on what was pitched as an affordability platform. Now that he's in office, rents have indeed been frozen on approximately 1 million apartments. … [Subscribe to continue reading]

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