How can you have "laid off 50,000 public employees so far [...] while [...] not losing jobs."? Are public employees not working at jobs? Are jobs not lost if you destroy them on purpose?
-- rec -- On Wed, Nov 20, 2024 at 10:05 AM Marcus Daniels <mar...@snoutfarm.com> wrote: > Axios may be on to something. MSNBC is more like therapy than news. > > > > *From: *Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com> on behalf of Pieter Steenekamp < > piet...@randcontrols.co.za> > *Date: *Wednesday, November 20, 2024 at 8:57 AM > *To: *The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group < > friam@redfish.com> > *Subject: *Re: [FRIAM] Javier Milei > > Claude deserves some applause for doing a solid job summarizing the > podcast — well done! The conclusion, "As with any extreme ideology, a > degree of skepticism is warranted until real-world evidence validates the > theories," seems pretty spot-on. It’s a good reminder that bold ideas often > need to prove themselves in the wild. > > I’m genuinely curious to see how things play out in the next year or so. > Let’s be honest, Argentina could really use a win when it comes to > improving things. Fingers crossed for fewer missteps and more meaningful > strides forward! > > > > On Wed, 20 Nov 2024 at 18:03, glen <geprope...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Nearly 2 hrs? No thanks. Here's Claude's summation, FWIW. > > -------------------- > Claim 1: Milei says he came to understand the ideas of freedom and > Austrian economics in 2013-2014 after reading works by Rothbard, Mises, > Hayek and others. This caused a "revolution" in his thinking. > > Claim 2: Milei describes himself as an anarcho-capitalist in principle, > but a minarchist in practice given real-world constraints. He wants to > minimize the state as much as possible. > > Claim 3: Upon taking office, Milei says Argentina had annual inflation > heading towards 17,000%, poverty near 50%, fiscal deficits of 15% of GDP, > and was on the brink of hyperinflation and economic collapse. > > Claim 4: Milei says his government achieved fiscal balance in its first > month, cut ministries by over half, laid off 50,000 public employees so > far, cut social plans, and reduced inflation from a 17,000% annual rate to > 2.4% in six months, all while avoiding price controls and not losing jobs. > > Claim 5: Milei's goal is to make Argentina the freest country in the world > through deregulation and free market reforms. He believes this will > dramatically increase GDP per capita. > > Claim 6: Milei is aligned geopolitically with the US and Israel, which he > sees as representing freedom and Western liberal democracy against > autocracy. He wants stronger trade ties with the US. > > Claim 7: Milei believes free market capitalism is the best system for > human cooperation and prosperity. He rejects the notion of market failures > and says neoclassical economics enables harmful government interventions. > > In summary, Milei makes bold claims about rapidly improving Argentina's > economy through free market policies. More data over time is needed to > fully assess the results. His broader philosophical arguments express > common libertarian/anarcho-capitalist views, which are influential in some > circles but rejected by many mainstream economists and experts. As with any > extreme ideology, a degree of skepticism is warranted until real-world > evidence validates the theories. > > On 11/20/24 01:29, Pieter Steenekamp wrote: > > I’m not entirely convinced this group will be moonwalking with joy over > Javier Milei’s actions, but I must admit I’m intrigued by what he claims to > have achieved in Argentina over the past year, as he shared on Lex > Fridman’s podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NLzc9kobDk < > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NLzc9kobDk>. > > -- > ꙮ Mɥǝu ǝlǝdɥɐuʇs ɟᴉƃɥʇ' ʇɥǝ ƃɹɐss snɟɟǝɹs˙ ꙮ > > .- .-.. .-.. / ..-. --- --- - . .-. ... / .- .-. . / .-- .-. --- -. --. / > ... --- -- . / .- .-. . / ..- ... . ..-. ..- .-.. > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom > https://bit.ly/virtualfriam > to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: 5/2017 thru present > https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ > > .- .-.. .-.. / ..-. --- --- - . .-. ... / .- .-. . / .-- .-. --- -. --. / > ... --- -- . / .- .-. . / ..- ... . ..-. ..- .-.. > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom > https://bit.ly/virtualfriam > to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: 5/2017 thru present > https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >
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