The Free-Market Populism of Javier Milei

May 28th, 2024 12:41 PM

Javier Milei is a rock star. The president of Argentina was, in fact, in a Rolling Stones cover band as a teen. But now he plays stadiums — like Buenos Aires’ 8,400-capacity Luna Park — as a political phenomenon, a charismatic cross between Donald Trump and Milton Friedman. Except that Milei, a former economics professor himself, is more free-market than Friedman, in theory at least.

Milei in Charge: Argentine President Fights Socialism with Free Market

February 5th, 2024 1:12 PM

Argentina actually elected a libertarian president. Javier Milei campaigned with a chainsaw, promising to cut the size of government. Argentina’s leftists had so clogged the country’s economic arteries with regulations that what once was one of the world’s richest countries is now one of the poorest. Inflation is more than 200%.

Why the Media Despise Argentina’s Javier Milei

November 22nd, 2023 11:04 AM

So, Javier Milei is extremely scary. That’s what the legacy media have decided: The newly elected libertarian conservative leader of Argentina is absolutely frightening. Axios calls him a “far-right libertarian who’s been compared to (former President Donald) Trump.” The New York Times writes, “Argentina Braces Itself for Its New ‘Anarcho-Capitalist’ President,” and called the…

WashPost TRIGGERED By ‘Far-Right Economist’ Javier Milei’s Victory

Business
November 20th, 2023 10:02 AM

The Washington Post threw a temper tantrum over “far-right economist” Javier Milei sending a shockwave throughout the world with his victorious presidential bid against leftist Economy Minister Sergio Massa in Argentina.

FLASHBACK! Milei on Tucker: ‘Never Embrace the Ideals of Socialism’

Latino
September 18th, 2023 2:24 PM

Argentinian presidential candidate Javier Milei warned independent journalist Tucker Carlson that fighting the economic catastrophe of socialism is a constant battle. 

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CNN's Weir Travels 6,600 Miles to Decry Fossil Fuels

March 1st, 2023 11:00 AM

For his job as CNN chief climate correspondent Bill Weir gets to travel to some of the most beautiful parts of the world. He also gets to lecture people on the need to decarbonize the economy, as he did on Wednesday’s CNN This Morning from Ushuaia, Argentina, the southernmost city in the world that is roughly 6,600 miles from CNN’s New York headquarters.

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CNN, Ex-Planned Parenthood Head: GOP Out of Touch With Rest of World

April 29th, 2022 12:06 PM

CNN At This Hour host Kate Bolduan welcomed former Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards onto her Friday show to condemn the trend of Republican states passing pro-life bills and to lament that this puts the United States out of touch with the rest of the world.

NYT Hails Argentina Abortion, Compares to Mothers of the Disappeared

January 3rd, 2021 7:42 PM

The New York Times hailed victory in its fight for abortion in Argentina, cheering on “a landmark vote” legalizing abortion in the Latin American country on Saturday: “Argentine Women’s Voices Helped Shift a Movement.” The paper dishonestly linked abortion indelibly to feminism and the “women’s movement” there, as if all women are of a single mind on abortion: "This week, after their…

Young People Ignorant of History

November 14th, 2019 2:01 AM
A recent survey conducted by the Victims of Communism and polled by YouGov, a research and data firm, found that 70% of millennials are likely to vote socialist and that one in three millennials saw communism as “favorable.” Let's examine this tragic vision in light of the Fraser Institute's recently released annual study “Economic Freedom of the World,” prepared by Professors James Gwartney,…

Hollywood Demands GOP Lawmakers Not Deport Illegal Alien Docu Star

Culture
April 3rd, 2019 1:47 PM
In another Hollywood middle finger towards border protection agency ICE, several celebrities have rallied around a detained illegal immigrant, demanding that lawmakers, including Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio, rethink their calls for his deportation.

NYT Hails Argentina’s ‘Reproductive-Rights Movement', Even in Defeat

August 10th, 2018 8:29 PM
New York Times stringer Daniel Politi teamed with the paper’s Brazil bureau chief Ernesto Londono to cover a failed attempt in Argentina to legalize abortion in the first 14 weeks of a pregenancy: “Though Abortion Bill Failed in Argentina, a Movement Took Hold -- A Narrow Loss Inspires Women.” The text box to Friday’s story assured the paper’s pro-choice readership: “‘Abortion will be legal soon…
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NYT Columnist Likens Trump to Venezuelan Strongman Hugo Chavez

January 11th, 2018 4:01 PM
On Thursday’s Morning Joe, New York Times columnist Bret Stephens was brought on to promote his December 29 column explaining why he still considers himself to be an adherent of the “Never Trump” movement. In spite of expressing his agreement with many of the Trump administration’s actual policy positions, Stephens argued that Trump’s poor personal character and harsh criticism of the liberal…

Blogger: Conservatives Clueless About Obama’s ‘What Works’ Comment

March 27th, 2016 2:20 PM
Conservatives have objected in droves to a remark President Obama made this past week during his visit to Argentina. Addressing a gathering of young adults, Obama said, “In the past there’s been a sharp division…between capitalist and communist or socialist…but I think for your generation, you should be practical and just choose from what works.” The right’s hostile response, contended The…
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Press Ignores Obama's False-Equivalence: Some Communist Ideas 'Work'

March 26th, 2016 10:53 AM
As noted in my previous post, the press is determined that the world not learn of profound statements made by world leaders it despises. The specific reference was to Israeli Prime Mininster Benjamin Netanyahu's five-word admonishment to those who believe that some accommodation can be reached with Islamic terrorists: "Terrorists Have No Resolvable Grievances." Meanwhile, the press protects…