EP80: Javier Milei Early Report Card - Gracearchy with Jim Babka

"Argentine president Javier Milei... has consolidated eighteen government ministries into nine... and introduced a 350‐​page package of economic reforms that would make Milton Friedman and Friedrich Hayek smile." - Michael Chapman, Cato Institute It was only episode 73, when I thought it was going to be too difficult for Javier Milei to actually downsize government spending. Now, it's episode 80 and we already have good news to report from Argentina! There are dramatic cuts. On top of that, the first economic miracle has arrived, thanks to deregulation. We break it down with all of the juicy details in an episode we're calling "Javier Milei Early Report Card"... Libertarians Learn Something New And that includes me! I have been working full-time in the libertarian movement for 24 years. Javier Milei goes to Davos, he gives a speech, and... He says something I've never heard. It's profound, and it will forever affect how I speak. So, if you listen you will definitely hear something new. 00:00 Theme 00:43 Early Grades for Javier Milei 01:52 Downsizing for real 07:30 The Plan would make Hayek & Friedman smile 10:50 Dramatic details of The Plan 13:29 Why pause 'public works' 18:39 One area where spending expands 21:14 More debt vs more human freedom 23:18 Free market capitalism solves want 27:05 Human action instead of subsidy 28:10 Win-win vs socialist controls 30:36 Instantly Housing expands Rent declines 33:00 Davos dilettante deconstruction 35:02 Why watch THIS link 38:01 From regulation to destruction to dependence 41:10 Professor Milei teaches libertarians something new 44:19 See Market Failure, find the coercion 47:53 Choosing Human Respect instead the State 49:38 Regulations reduce savings investment growth 50:19 The beauty of natural prices 51:54 Everyday capitalists are the heroes 54:00 The capitalist in coach Show Notes and Links Dutch Libertarian for Milei updates on X - https://twitter.com/LibertarianDuty Cato source for Milei downsizing - https://www.cato.org/blog/argentinas-javier-milei-slashing-big-government-we-can-do-same-america Daniel Di Martino reports on X - https://twitter.com/DanielDiMartino/status/1734755187661668593 Milei's groundbreaking speech at the 2024 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland - https://www.youtube.com/live/Pfcd0gWNIog Here's how Milei traveled to Davos - https://twitter.com/BowTiedMara/status/1747631497027236168 Bill Protzmann is your moderator. ZERO AGGRESSION PROJECT - is our sponsor. But the views expressed are exclusively those of the participants, and not necessarily those of the board, staff, or supporters of the Zero Aggression Project. Thank you to Randy Garbin for our amazing thumbnails: http://randygarbin.com/ We are grateful to Sergio at https://www.youtube.com/@KeysofMoonMusic for our intro theme. ► https://www.patreon.com/user?u=10500501 or you can purchase his music on BandCamp: ► https://keysofmoon.bandcamp.com/ ► If you have any questions please feel free to write to Sergio at: [email protected] Be grace-full to each other.