Thinkers and political figures
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Javier Milei
- Country
- Argentina
- Era
- b. 1970
- Tradition
- Libertarianism, right populism
An economist elected President of Argentina in 2023 on an explicitly libertarian platform, who cut public spending sharply, halved the number of ministries and campaigned to abolish the central bank.
Documented positions
Documented positions come from the sources listed. Similarity is this project’s inference from those positions, and is a much weaker claim.
- Describes himself as an anarcho-capitalist in theory and a minarchist in office
- Sharp fiscal adjustment to eliminate the primary deficit, and deregulation by emergency decree
- Proposed dollarisation and abolition of the central bank
- Reduced federal ministries from eighteen to nine on taking office
- Socially conservative on abortion and opposed to what he terms "gender ideology"
Where it sits on each dimension
Wealth and inequality
Evidence: Well documented
The state in the economy
Evidence: Well documented
Personal liberty
Evidence: Documented
Tradition and change
Evidence: Well documented
Nation and the world
Evidence: Documented
Religion and the state
Evidence: Documented
Environment and growth
Evidence: Documented
Dimensions left unscored, for want of evidence: Crime and punishment, Power and its limits
Sources
- Decreto de Necesidad y Urgencia 70/2023 on economic deregulation · Presidencia de la Nación · 2023
- Plataforma electoral · La Libertad Avanza · 2023
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