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I hope he has a congressional majority behind him, and puts someone in charge of the central bank who will use the available tools to contain the growth of monetary aggregates. The country has triple-digit inflation right now.
Dave Rx
Monday, November 20, AD 2023 8:10am
I can’t help but love the guy. May he continue to be a thorn in the evil clown’s butt. Maybe Argentina can now prosper
The Bruised Optimist
Monday, November 20, AD 2023 8:42am
Hope he doesn’t go off the rails. If he does, we’ll have to endure biographies of this man from the lefty media to show us why Trump is the next Milei!
Hope it works out for the Argentines. All the ones I ever met were bright and personable and gracious.
Ezabelle
Monday, November 20, AD 2023 10:04am
The global tides are turning…slowly. They call him El Loco, perhaps because he doesn’t hold back. But even the youth are wanting good economics over wishy washy climate, equity rubbish that has been peddled for years at their expense. I can’t believe nearly half of the Argentinian population live in poverty and 10% are considered destitute. How does that happen in a country like Argentina which so much resources and a relatively high level of education?
I hope and pray that the evil clown in the Vatican is really pi$$ed off right now. And he’s powerless to do anything about it. Bravo to Argentina. You gave the evil clown the one finger salute that he truly deserves.
Philip Nachazel
Monday, November 20, AD 2023 12:14pm
The global tides are turning…slowly.
I hope your right Ezabelle.
(btw ….he sort of looks like the late Robin Williams, RIP.)
Don Beckett
Monday, November 20, AD 2023 5:59pm
I read an article many years ago, that if instead of the Spanish colonising Argentina, the Japanese had done so, the USA would be like a poor brother today. Argentina is certainly rich in resources, and only through economic vandalism and socialist Marxism/Peronism has the country become a cot case. Milei is a bit of a loose canon, but all strength to his arm so he can make Argentina fulfil the promise it once had.
CAM
Monday, November 20, AD 2023 11:44pm
By 1913 Argentina was among the 10th wealthiest countries per capita. The 30s saw the economy slide way down. Socialism never works.
I read an article many years ago, that if instead of the Spanish colonising Argentina, the Japanese had done so, the USA would be like a poor brother today. ==
Bad thesis. Agriculture and extractive industries account for a single-digit share of the annual value-added in affluent countries, and that’s been the case for decades. Services, manufacturing, and construction make for an affluent society, and in regard to that, your resource endowment does not count for much.
Also, into the 1920s, Japan was not an affluent country. They had explosive economic development from 1945 to 1990 followed by glacially-paced growth. Argentina was an affluent society (comparatively speaking) in 1928, ranking ahead of most of Europe. Nine decades of slow growth consequent to bad policy have left them a middle income country now falling behind several other Latin American countries.
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I hope he has a congressional majority behind him, and puts someone in charge of the central bank who will use the available tools to contain the growth of monetary aggregates. The country has triple-digit inflation right now.
I can’t help but love the guy. May he continue to be a thorn in the evil clown’s butt. Maybe Argentina can now prosper
Hope he doesn’t go off the rails. If he does, we’ll have to endure biographies of this man from the lefty media to show us why Trump is the next Milei!
Hope it works out for the Argentines. All the ones I ever met were bright and personable and gracious.
The global tides are turning…slowly. They call him El Loco, perhaps because he doesn’t hold back. But even the youth are wanting good economics over wishy washy climate, equity rubbish that has been peddled for years at their expense. I can’t believe nearly half of the Argentinian population live in poverty and 10% are considered destitute. How does that happen in a country like Argentina which so much resources and a relatively high level of education?
Well done to those who voted in Melei.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-67470549.amp
I hope and pray that the evil clown in the Vatican is really pi$$ed off right now. And he’s powerless to do anything about it. Bravo to Argentina. You gave the evil clown the one finger salute that he truly deserves.
The global tides are turning…slowly.
I hope your right Ezabelle.
(btw ….he sort of looks like the late Robin Williams, RIP.)
I read an article many years ago, that if instead of the Spanish colonising Argentina, the Japanese had done so, the USA would be like a poor brother today. Argentina is certainly rich in resources, and only through economic vandalism and socialist Marxism/Peronism has the country become a cot case. Milei is a bit of a loose canon, but all strength to his arm so he can make Argentina fulfil the promise it once had.
By 1913 Argentina was among the 10th wealthiest countries per capita. The 30s saw the economy slide way down. Socialism never works.
I read an article many years ago, that if instead of the Spanish colonising Argentina, the Japanese had done so, the USA would be like a poor brother today.
==
Bad thesis. Agriculture and extractive industries account for a single-digit share of the annual value-added in affluent countries, and that’s been the case for decades. Services, manufacturing, and construction make for an affluent society, and in regard to that, your resource endowment does not count for much.
Also, into the 1920s, Japan was not an affluent country. They had explosive economic development from 1945 to 1990 followed by glacially-paced growth. Argentina was an affluent society (comparatively speaking) in 1928, ranking ahead of most of Europe. Nine decades of slow growth consequent to bad policy have left them a middle income country now falling behind several other Latin American countries.