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Ordering the state is neither right nor left-wing

The public sector degradation is at the root of Argentina’s economic and social decline. A well-organized public sector is not an ideological issue. It is a prerequisite for sound public policies, regardless of their right or left-wing political orientation. (more…)

The income tax should not be changed

The government and the opposition are reportedly agreeing to reduce the incidence of the income tax. Meanwhile, taxes that punish the most underprivileged are maintained. Having such an unfocused and opportunistic agenda is a guarantee of deepening economic and social decline. (more…)

The international prices boom is not enough for Argentina

Historically, the Argentine economy is very sensitive to the international context. However, the economic disaster caused by the fiscal disorder is so deep that the current bonanza is not enough to reverse the decay. Another demonstration that the state’s reordering is urgent and inevitable. (more…)

There are many other cases of abuse, such as VIP vaccination

Favoritism in access to the vaccine caused a lot of irritation. But it is not an isolated incident. The rule in the public sector is civil servants using power to favor relatives and friends. Still more prominent as an entrenched practice –and one much more harmful to the state– are favors appointing new public employees. (more…)

In advanced countries, there is no income tax floor

Argentina’s problem is not the political rift between Kirchnerismo or anti-Kirchnerismo, but the consensus around mistaken ideas. One of them is a strong belief that salaried workers and pensioners should not pay income tax. In well-organized countries, most of the population pays income tax. (more…)

The quantity of money increased by 35% above inflation

Monetary expansion to finance the fiscal deficit in 2020 caused money held by the people to rise well above inflation. With the economy in decline, this generates strong inflationary pressures. In this context, price and wage agreements are merely good intentions, if the public sector is not reformed comprehensively. (more…)

Pension revenues cover only 80% of pensions spending

Economic instability is strongly associated with the fiscal deficit. The main source of fiscal deficit is the pension system disequilibrium. In 2020, the pension deficit kept on increasing, a trend that will accelerate with the new indexation formula. This fact increases the urgency of addressing the pension system imbalances. (more…)

Investment must be increased to reduce poverty

The value of the Poverty Line has been growing above the formal wage in the economy. Under these conditions, even if welfare plans are massively deployed, poverty will keep high and growing. An unprecedented boost of investment in the economy is needed to reverse this process. (more…)

Keeping school closed deepens inequality

Official data show that students in public schools learn less, live in more overcrowded houses and have fewer computers. In this context, keeping schools closed may contain the contagion, but it will deepen the educational inequality since it hits the poorest children and youngsters hardest. (more…)

A single national health system is not the solution

There is no doubt that the health system needs to be reformed. But the direction is not to a single national health system. The reason is that the competencies in health belong to the provinces. For this reason, the most direct way to improve the health system’s efficiency and equity is to tend towards decentralization. (more…)