Marcos Falcone, a political scientist, undertaking supervisor at Argentina’s Fundación Libertad, and podcast host, joins Motive‘s Zach Weissmueller and Liz Wolfe on the most recent episode of Simply Asking Questions to observe and analyze Argentine President Javier Milei’s speech on the World Financial Discussion board’s annual convention in Davos, Switzerland. Additionally they talk about the political agenda of the World Financial Discussion board and the anti-libertarian feedback of its founder Klaus Schwab.
They conclude with a dialog about what’s transpired in Argentina since Milei was sworn in as president on December 10. Falcone describes his coverage strategy as “an offensive against crony capitalism,” which has sparked a large strike organized by the nation’s largest union to protest Milei’s deregulation, labor reforms placed on maintain by the courts that will permit staff to extra simply decide out of union dues, and aggressive proposals to downsize the federal government.