Milei

A Public Choice Perspective

Nicolas Cachanosky

The Context

Explaining Milei’s rise to power

The Context

• 2001: The Argentine Great Depression
• What did the median voter learn from the 2001 crisis?
  • Neo-liberal reforms do not work
  • Free market policies are highly corrupt
  • Economic growth takes place at the expense of the poor
  • International organizations and financial institutinos are bad actors
  • The goverment must “do something”
• Perfect setting the for the rise of a new left-leaning populist regime