Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Chile's free-market reforms still seem to be working

Tweet from Steve Hanke.

"Chile still basks in the afterglow of the free-market reforms put in place by the Chicago Boys. Chile's neighbor, Argentina, the world's biggest deadbeat, struggles under the weight of a mountain of debt.

 

Impact of rent control in Buenos Aires

Tweet from M. Nolan Gray.

"I haven't studied it in detail, but from what I have seen, the natural experiment that Buenos Aires ran over the past six years seems like yet more clear evidence that rent control limits supply and (ironically) raises rents." 

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