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Javier Milei

President of Argentina, 2023 to present

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A self-described anarcho-capitalist economist who took office promising to slash the state to fight inflation, and made deep spending cuts.

Javier Milei sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: strongly free market and slightly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly free market on economy, strongly anti-establishment on institutions and strongly growth-first on environment.

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Where Javier Milei sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomyStrongly free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authoritySlightly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentStrongly growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyStrongly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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People furthest from Javier Milei

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Political views closest to Javier Milei

Thatcherism and ReaganismFree-market economics, tax cuts, deregulation and a firm stance toward the Soviet Union.92%FusionismBlends free-market and small-government ideas with traditional social values and a…88%Right-wing populismCasts politics as ordinary people against elites, mixing nationalism, tradition and…85%SovereigntismInsists that national institutions, not international bodies, should have the final say.79%

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