Argentina’s new president, Javier Milei, has been in office for just over 100 days.
The extreme libertarian program that Mr. Milei says will make Argentina great again — along with his unruly hair and tongue — has attracted countless comparisons to Donald Trump and won him high praise from Mr. Trump and other powerful admirers.
A self-proclaimed “anarcho-capitalist,” Mr. Milei won the presidential race in November on promises to end Argentina’s sky-high inflation through a free-market transformation of the state.
So far, he’s failed to deliver: Inflation doubled during his first month in office, though it has slowed down recently.
Is he the economic visionary who won over voters and prompted Mr. Musk to predict that “prosperity is ahead for Argentina”?
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