https://www.cato.org/blog/argentina-one-most-regulated-countries-world
"Thus, Milei explained: 'The state as a whole has become a mechanism to impede trade, work, production, savings, investment, the generation of wealth, economic growth, and, fundamentally, freedom.'"
And, amazingly, when you impede productive economic activity, you end up with an unproductive economy and increasing impoverishment. Who'da thunk it?
As further evidence that left/right is not necessarily a meaningful economic concept, nearly half the regulations Milei is targeting were enacted by Argentina's past military dictatorships (and obviously left in place by its subsequent leftist governments).
Milei's action appears to be clearly unconstitutional, governing by decree because he lacks support in the legislature. At what point do the ends justify the means? I really don't know, but 1) given the real harm to average ordinary everyday citizens from Argentina's economic decline, and the likelihood that marginal reforms may be insufficient to make real change, leaving opponents free to dishonestly blame the reforms for any continuing problems, and 2) the fact that the decree eliminates constraints on the public rather than increasing them, this may be a rare case where such procedural irregularity is justifiable. Or maybe not. It's non-obvious.