[Wallace T.]

I know little about Argentinian politics, but all this article mentions are limited government, free market policies. Nothing about the issues like drug legalization and unrestrained sexual license that separate libertarians from conservatives. The Pinochet dictatorship in Chile was also pro free market, Their economic policy was driven by the “Chicago boys”, followers of Milton Friedman’s economic theories.

[ClearCase_guy]

I think Argentina has a long history of oscillating politics. They often seem to have “right-wing” government — and these result in strong economies, and a prosperous nation. Which then agitates for comminism. So a Communist government comes into power and trashes the whole country and oppresses people with political violence. So, after some time, they bring back a “right wing” government which restores prosperity. And then the people demand Communism again.

[Jim Noble]

The “free market” dissolves natural affinity groups and by rendering everyone free of unchosen affiliations renders everyone powerless before the organizers and owners of the “free market” - which, like mature communism when the state withers away, is an imaginary construct of intelligent but immature minds.

[Vigilanteman]

The Pinochet dictatorship in Chile was, at worst, a benevolent dictatorship. By privatizing their social security system, they did a twofer:

1. Eliminated a major source of government borrowing to be backed by IOUs
   
2. Opened up a huge pool of private lending which turned Chile from a third world country to a first world country in a single generation.

   If Argentina follows through with the Pinochet/Chicago Boy example they just might turn themselves into one of the richest countries in the world again. I believe they were #7 in 1901.