The first act of the new Argentinian President, Javier Millei, lived up to the radicalism he promised during his election campaign: Within hours of taking office, he signed an executive order slashing the number of Government departments from 21 to just 9.
There is much that remains to be seen about how effective that move will be in streamlining the Argentinian state and cutting the costs of Government. For example, as anyone who has ever watched “Yes Minister” will know, there is a substantial difference between cutting Government departments and reducing the size or scope of Government: For example, will the abolished departments simply cease to be, or will they (and their copious employees) simply be absorbed into the remaining nine departments, with no job cuts at all? Sometimes, cuts can be entirely illusory.
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