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From: "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com>
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Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
>On 2024-11-20 11:06 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>>Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
>>>On 2024-11-20 3:41 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>>>>Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

>>>>>I'm 20 minutes into a long-form interview with Javier Millei,
>>>>>the President of Argentina, and it seems to me that you would
>>>>>find this very interesting. He's an economist and I know that's a
>>>>>strong interest of yours. So far, he has talked about the various
>>>>>economists he's studied to come to his current views, particularly
>>>>>the Austrian School - Hayek, Von Mises, etc. - and some of their
>>>>>Hispanic followers. Milton Friedman was also important to him. I'm
>>>>>just at the point where he is starting to describe the state of the
>>>>>Argentinian economy when he took office and the steps he took to get
>>>>>it back on track. According to the introduction of the interviewer,
>>>>>Lex Fridman, he will also discuss what else needs to be done to make
>>>>>Argentina the most free country in the world.

>>>>>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NLzc9kobDk [2 hours]

>>>>He read von Mises and the other Austrian school economists by himself.
>>>>Fascinating. Just a little bit of political economy.

>>>>Thanks

>>>He even has a special interest in Judaism which he mentions later in the
>>>video but which I hadn't seen when I wrote the post.

>>He had converted a number of years ago.

>If he mentioned that in the video, I missed it. But it sounds like you 
>already know this from some other source.

I've had extensive discussions about him with a friend. He's not a
classical liberal nor is he a libertarian in the style of Milton
Friedman. He goes well beyond into that anarcho-capitalist philosophy
which opposes government doing anything.

He's trying to be a practical politician but his reforms are going to
cause short and middle term disruption in the economy and will
definitely increase unemployment and its hard to see enough businesses
starting in the short run to absorb unemployment.

They've long had laws on the books that make it nearly impossible to
fire people, something he addressed quickly. They have a bloated
patronage-riddle public seotor that employed around half the work force.
It's not like they are qualified to work for themselves in economically
useful activity.

>>>Toward the end, he also reveals more of his personal side with his
>>>boundless admiration of certain soccer players and his favourite band.
>>>An interesting guy!

>>His party doesn't have a majority. Any changes he makes can be reversed.

>Show me any political change that can't be reversed.

That's not what I'm saying. There's a strong possibility that his
coalition government would fall long before his reforms demontrate
that economic growth is taking place.

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