‘Taxing parasites’: Is this the fieriest speech ever given at Davos?
Hans van LeeuwenEurope correspondent
Davos | The West’s misguided or privilege-seeking political caste has junked free-market capitalism and instigated a form of socialism that will drag their countries into poverty, firebrand Argentine president Javier Milei has told the Davos elite.
In what is surely one of the most remarkable speeches a political leader has ever delivered to the jet-set conclave of the World Economic Forum, the recently elected arch-libertarian urged the C-suiters “not to surrender” to interventionist governments.
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Hans van Leeuwen covers British and European politics, economics and business from London. He has worked as a reporter, editor and policy adviser in Sydney, Canberra, Hanoi and London. Connect with Hans on Twitter. Email Hans at hans.vanleeuwen@afr.com
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