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Profile: Javier Milei

25/11/2023

Javier Milei

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The new president of Argentina. Unconventional economist, Javier Milei.

The new president of Argentina, Javier Milei. Chainsaw-wielding, rock-singing, dog loving, unconventional economist and now president-elect, takes charge in a few weeks.

The new President of Argentina, Javier Milei swept into power winning fifty-five percent of the popular vote. He's threatened to take a chainsaw to the economy, replace the peso with the dollar and blow up the Central Bank. 

With looks more reminiscent of a seventies rock star, will this unconventional economist be able to solve the hyperinflation that is crippling Argentina's economy once more. Or will his lack of experience and support in government cause this self-professed anarcho-capitalist to have to change tack?

CONTRIBUTORS
Juan Luis González, author, El Loco.
Lilia Lemoine, Vice president of the Libertarian Party in Argentina.
Ana Lankes, Latin America Correspondent, The Economist.
Ezequiel Gonzalez-Ocantos, Professor of Comparative and Judicial Politics, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford.

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Presenter: Stephen Smith
Producers: Diane Richardson, Julie Ball
Editor: Bridget Harney
Sound Engineer: James Beard
Production Co-ordinator: Maria Ogundele

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