Commentary

Why Javier Milei Matters

By David Harsanyi
Wednesday, January 15 2025

In the days leading up to the November 2023 presidential election in Argentina, a hundred "leading" economists from around the world, including progressive favorite Thomas Piketty, published an open letter warning that "radical right-wing economist" Javier Milei would inflict "devastation" and social chaos on his country. They said it like it was a bad thing. By the time Milei unexpectedly won the presidency, Argentina, once one of the wealthiest nations in the world, had a poverty rate of over 40% and the third-highest inflation rate in the world. After decades…

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