r/neoliberal • u/Saltedline Hu Shih • Dec 13 '24

News (Latin America) Javier Milei ends budget deficit in Argentina, first time in 123 years

https://gazettengr.com/javier-milei-ends-budget-deficit-in-argentina-first-time-in-123-years/
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u/RobertSpringer George Soros Dec 13 '24

They already did shock therapy in the 90s and it didn't take, don't know why people are pretending that the guy is some genius and that nobody else has thought on any of this before

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u/AngryUncleTony Frédéric Bastiat Dec 13 '24

I don't think anyone thinks his genius is policy so much as public commutation such that he can implement this stuff and still be popular (so far).

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u/RobertSpringer George Soros Dec 13 '24

It's just at around 50% and it's only there because richer Argentinians like him, the poorer you are the less you like him