Milei’s Manmade Miracle

Can a broken economy be fixed? Argentina’s president proves it can. Politics is another story.

Jul 22, 2025

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Javier Milei announces reforms to the Argentine Federal Police on June 17, 2025, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Tomas Cuesta via Getty Images)

The great English lexicographer Samuel Johnson said of the actor David Garrick that his demise “eclipsed the gaiety of nations and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure.” If the Argentine president Javi…

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