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However, faced with the theoretical demonstration that state intervention is harmful – and the empirical evidence that it has failed couldn’t have been otherwise – the solution proposed by collectivists is not greater freedom but rather greater regulation, which creates a downward spiral of regulations until we are all poorer and our lives depend on a bureaucrat sitting in a luxury office.
— Javier Milei
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About Javier Milei
Javier Milei (born 22 October 1970) is an Argentine politician and economist who has served as President of Argentina since December 2023. Before his election, he was an anarcho-capitalist economist who supported the Austrian School. He was elected on a right-wing libertarian populist platform which blamed Peronist economic and political institutions for Argentina's economic decline and promised radical reforms.
About Javier Milei
Javier Milei (born 22 October 1970) is an Argentine politician and economist who has served as President of Argentina since December 2023. Before his election, he was an anarcho-capitalist economist who supported the Austrian School. He was elected on a right-wing libertarian populist platform which blamed Peronist economic and political institutions for Argentina's economic decline and promised radical reforms.
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