South Africa: Radical Economic Policies in Argentina Offer Lessons - but Not a Blueprint - for South Africa
This article draws on Argentina's experiment in libertarianism and behavioural political economy: Lessons for South Africa, South Afican Journal of International Affairs (2026), available open access.
Based on my research on comparative political economy and strategy in Africa, Asia and Latin America, there's an argument to be made that Argentina under President Javier Milei offers an unusually clear view of that psychology at work as well as useful insights into South Africa's economic path.
Sign up for free AllAfrica Newsletters Get the latest in African news delivered straight to your inbox Where Milei treats the state as the constraint to be cut back, Operation Vulindlela, run by the South African Presidency and National Treasury since 2020, treats weak coordination in basic infrastructure as a problem to fix.
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