Milei Gave Himself a Huge Pay Raise, Then Took It Back
The president who vowed to cut government spending rescinds the 48 percent pay raise he gave himself.
The president who vowed to cut government spending rescinds the 48 percent pay raise he gave himself.
"It is immoral that in a poor country like ours," the Argentine president said, "the government spends the people's money to buy the will of journalists."
President Javier Milei's adversaries are wealthy Argentines who have benefited from government largesse.
Decades of protectionism have led to the film industry’s decline, but a free market can make it bloom.
In exchange, the libertarian president had to scale back some of his free-market ambitions.
The new libertarian president believes in free markets and the rule of law. When people have those things, prosperity happens.
Milei's swift action intended to transform Argentina's floundering economy provoked the country's biggest labor union to call tens of thousands to protest in Buenos Aires against his libertarian agenda.
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Speaking at the Davos conference, the Argentine president said the key to prosperity lies in free market ideals and capitalism.
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The government says it's about sovereignty. It might be about oil, too.
The president says the changes are needed to "avoid disaster."
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If passed, the new libertarian president's omnibus bill of reforms could help Argentina reverse decades of government failure.
Milei's critics have argued the government's measures are a "criminalization of the right to protest," but a closer look shows that those concerns are somewhat exaggerated.
The self-described anarcho-capitalist president devalued the peso, halved government ministries, and announced a series of spending cuts.
"Just as the fall of the Berlin Wall marked the end of a tragic era for the world," he said, "these elections have marked the turning point in our history."
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Three lessons from the Austrian economist Murray Rothbard on how American libertarians might think about Milei's Argentina ascension.
Sohrab Ahmari denounces Argentina's new president as a faux populist. Good for Milei.
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Self-described anarcho-capitalist Javier Milei shocked the world in August by getting the most votes in Argentina's presidential primary.
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A self-described "anarcho-capitalist" leads in the polls ahead of Argentina's upcoming presidential election.
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Javier Milei’s coalition, Liberty Moves Forward, advances to the first stage of the October general election.