The author thanks Ignacio Albe, Olivier Blanchard, Martina Copelman, Joseph Gagnon, José de Gregorio, Patrick Honohan, Douglas Irwin, Maurice Obstfeld, and other PIIE colleagues for their comments and suggestions.

Done right, the anti-red-tape revolution could usher in greater freedom, faster economic growth, lower prices and new technology. For years excessive rules have choked housebuilding, investment and innovation.

This year, perhaps more than ever, the global gathering at Davos offers something of a safe space for those still reeling from the 47th President’s inauguration, his speech and subsequent flurry of Executive Orders.

Argentina’s President Javier Milei met with Donald Trump, becoming the first foreign leader to meet with the president-elect since his victory last week. The South American country’s president is keeping close economic ties with Beijing to help restore growth, while also cozying up to the U.S.

Javier Milei’s government in Argentina has implemented radical economic policies, including devaluing the peso, which have led to significant economic instability and social unrest, despite

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Milei’s learning curve should take note from his predecessors: too much orthodoxy or unorthodoxy leads to trouble.

Soon after November’s election, I suggested that if Donald Trump were smart, he’d come in like a wrecking ball : Move fast, break things and precipitate change across many fronts all at once, subjecting the Democrats, the media and the left (but I repeat myself) to shock and awe.

President-elect boasts international group of Right-wing proxies with equally provocative styles and a hostility toward migrants and wokery

He has said he has considered converting to Judaism but worries about how Shabbat observance would clash with the duties of the presidency. BUENOS AIRES (JTA) — Javier Milei, a colorful right ...

The main job of a central bank is to maintain the purchasing power of the currency, yet the U.S. dollar has depreciated about 97 percent since the Federal

While leading German politicians fear the worst from Trump's second presidency, German parties are taking very different approaches to him. The nationalist AfD is delighted — and was even invited to Trump's inauguration.