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Staunch libertarian Javier Milei has implemented a range of austerity measures since taking office. His government blamed previous administrations for the dire economic situation.

The poverty rate in Argentina reached 52.9% during the first six months of Javier Milei’s government, the national statistics agency reported on Thursday.

It marks the highest poverty rate since 2003, and a 11.2% increase compared to the second half of 2023.

The number of people living in extreme poverty grew by 3 million during the first half of 2024, according to the report.

The statistics agency calculates poverty by comparing household income with the cost of a basic basket of goods, which amounts to around $240 (€215).

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[-] MRLimcon@lemmy.ml 82 points 1 day ago

I don't think Milei will make Argentina better in any sense in the short/mid/long term. Bolsonaro, Trump, everyone on the far-right says the same thing but it only gets worse, never better.

[-] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago

Wrong. It does work... for the intended demographic. Which is rich business owners, not regular working class people. But trying to paint these people as 'trying but failing' is far too generous: they know what they're doing - robbing you & me.

[-] Akasazh@feddit.nl 3 points 1 day ago

That's wrong indeed. But it won't win in the long time

[-] Buffalox@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago

Yes I just read the article, and remembered reading about the guy some months ago, Javier Milei is delusional in his economic thinking. He may stabilize the economy, but it will be at great cost to the population.

[-] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

The economy he creates will be unstable and the wealth redistribution he wants will see everyone's money go to a few people. The end result is a massive poor majority jealous of the people who have taken everything from them. Milei will destroy the country before any of his ideas work. At least it will result in the rich getting eaten.

[-] Buffalox@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

the wealth redistribution he wants will see everyone’s money go to a few people.

And that's the opposite of what is necessary, everybody has to be part of it, and the rich have to carry the bigger burden.
What he is doing is based on flawed logic, that the wealthy are the ones that build the economy, which the evidence shows isn't true.

I'm wondering why the people elected him? Did they only have 2 options like USA?

[-] davidagain@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

They elected him because inflation was awful in Argentina for a long time. He said he would improve it, but he made it much, much worse. It's starting to stabilise back down to the original awfully high levels he inherited from the terrifyingly stratospheric levels he took it to, simply because the people really have no money left and aren't buying anything and the shopkeepers can't raise prices too fast, so of course he's claiming that his policies are working because it's getting better.

Economists suspect that shutting down the whole economy for lack of cash after astronomical inflation isn't the strong long term solution to inflation that the libertarians like to claim they're creating.

He got rid of rent controls and other price controls. Because it would fix inflation, apparently.

So yeah, he got elected because the economy has been bad for a long time and they haven't tried far right in quite a while. It's got even worse of course.

[-] Buffalox@lemmy.world 0 points 10 hours ago

So are there only 2 parties to realistically vote for? No center parties?

[-] davidagain@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

History teaches us that when people are desperate they are more likely to turn to the right for solutions. That's why right wingers like to keep them desperate. It's not in their interests to make things better.

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