In a fix

Here’s what we can learn from Argentina’s disastrous rent controls.

Javier Milei, Argentina’s eccentric president, employs a slash ‘n burn style of governance. He has cut regulations, sawn off entire state departments, and hacked at inflation. It’s fitting, then, that his motif is a chainsaw. Some pundits have criticised his style—many of the complaints levelled are valid. They reckon his hardline libertarian approach m…