From crisis to surplus: Argentina’s free-market shock therapy explained | Adam Creighton

What happens when a country that has been in crisis for 100 years finally embraces radical free-market reform?

In this exclusive interview from Buenos Aires, Adam Creighton sits down with Argentina’s Economy Minister Luis Caputo – the man implementing Javier Milei’s small-government revolution. Caputo explains how Argentina slashed its fiscal deficit in a month, returned to surplus, pulled millions out of poverty, and drove inflation towards single digits – all while defying Keynesian predictions of recession.

They discuss:
Why Milei’s government is different from past reform attempts
How a 30% budget cut didn’t cause the predicted depression
The plan to bring Argentine inflation down to international levels
The new foreign investment regime and massive mining opportunities
Labour and tax reform, flat taxes, and Argentina’s path to becoming a “serious country”
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If you are interested in free markets, inflation, or global economic reform, this conversation is unmissable.

This discussion is a production of the Institute of Public Affairs.

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