Where Javier Milei’s libertarianism falls short

Argentine President Javier Milei delivered an impassioned rebuke of global elites at the World Economic Forum this week, accusing them of endangering an economic system that has “lifted 90% of the global population out of poverty.”

“Today I’m here to tell you that the Western world is in danger. And it is in danger because those who are supposed to have to defend the values of the West are co-opted by a vision of the world that inexorably leads to socialism and thereby to poverty,” Milei said.