Milei’s plan to move forward with the labor, tax and welfare reforms called for by the IMF

Michael Roberts On Monday, the IMF announced that it had agreed to lend to the Milei government another $20 billion (in addition to existing debts) to help the government meet its debt obligations and restore its rapidly falling foreign exchange reserves. The loan agreement will release an initial amount of $12 billion, to which an additional $3 billion will be added throughout the year. The government states that it will receive $28 billion in …

The government warned yesterday that it will not approve paritarians above inflation, as the CGT claims in the face of the increase in the index of March and the one fired in April. Above it shows with intentions to resume the dialogue with the workers’ central to face a new labor reform. The Rosada House reaffirmed its position on the eve of a new mobilization called by the CGT for 30 April, on a day in which the trade unionists will also meet …

The government has a package of laws ready, but for now it will not send them to Congress. The meetings that come with the CGT, the rejection of the April 30 march and the reopening of paritarians.

After Javier Milei’s first year of government, and considering that tax policy was one of the pillars of his campaign, a report by the Center for Tax Studies of the Austral University, prepared by Diego Rivas and Lucio Cardinale-Lagomarsino, analyzes what decisions he made in tax matters throughout 2024 and how [...]