Javier Milei Races the Clock

There’s a reason why President Javier Milei seems like he’s in a hurry. Even for a man who campaigned with a chainsaw to symbolize what he would do to the Argentine state, Milei has tried to implement a surprisingly ambitious array of reforms during his first month in office. Through decrees and an “omnibus” bill sent to Congress, Milei is pushing changes to more than 300 laws, the privatization of state-run enterprises, new restrictions on protests, and a broad deregulation of the environment, healthcare and labor laws. This “maximalist strategy,” to borrow a term from the...

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