Trump-loving new president’s plan to end economic chaos in Argentina
A self-described “anarcho-capitalist”, Javier Milei has proposed abolishing the central bank and claimed he would “burn down” the institution.
Milton Friedman was not renowned for being soft and cuddly. The father of monetarist economics inspired tough central bank crackdowns on inflation that triggered recessions and provided the intellectual ballast for Margaret Thatcher, the Iron Lady.
However, for Javier Milei, Milton Friedman is a good name for a dog. The decisive winner in the race to become Argentina’s next president has named one of his five English Mastiffs after the Nobel prize-winner. His other pets are named after Robert Lucas, another Nobel economics laureate, and Murray Rothbard, an economist of libertarian leanings.
The Telegraph London
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