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Argentina Frees Itself From Rent Control

Argentina Frees Itself From Rent Control
Argentinian President Javier Milei gives a speech after his inauguration ceremony at the National Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Dec. 10, 2023. Marcelo Endelli/Getty Images
Anders Corr
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Argentina is having a moment. It’s a victory for the free market. A new libertarian president and former economics professor removed rent controls as part of a massive liberalization of the state when he took power in December. The result in the housing market, counterintuitively for some, is more housing at cheaper rents.
Anders Corr
Anders Corr
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Anders Corr has a bachelor's/master's in political science from Yale University (2001) and a doctorate in government from Harvard University (2008). He is a principal at Corr Analytics Inc. and publisher of the Journal of Political Risk, and has conducted extensive research in North America, Europe, and Asia. His latest books are “The Concentration of Power: Institutionalization, Hierarchy, and Hegemony” (2021) and “Great Powers, Grand Strategies: the New Game in the South China Sea" (2018).
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