Source: Town Hall
by Rainer Zitelmann
“There are so many similarities between Margaret Thatcher, prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, and Javier Milei, president of Argentina since 2023, that comparing them seems almost unavoidable. Nevertheless, it is a subject that many Argentines, perhaps understandably, are reluctant to entertain. In honor of what would have been Thatcher’s 100th birthday on October 13, 2025, I reached out to market-oriented economists in several countries for their assessments of Thatcher’s historical significance. One economist from Argentina – a friend of both Milei and myself – and whose name I will not mention here, asked for understanding as to his hesitance to comment: ‘While I do admire Margaret Thatcher in many respects (her determination to implement structural reforms, her courage to confront entrenched interests, and her role in revitalizing the British economy), for an Argentine, it is difficult to forget what happened during the Malvinas/Falklands War.'” (10/13/25)