Javier Milei’s Lesson for Globalist Elites

Recently, Argentine President Javier Milei delivered emphatically heterodox remarks at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos. He accused Western leaders of promoting collectivism, which he condemned as a cause of poverty and death, and credited free market capitalism for reducing over 90% of poverty around the world and drastically improving quality of life. The following is a selection of perspectives from Manhattan Institute (MI) fellows and others in the SmithSoc orbit to shed light on the World Economic Forum and what its annual meeting signals for the future of free enterprise.

• Read or watch Javier Milei’s complete remarks in Davos.
• Manhattan Institute Senior Fellow Allison Schrager discusses her experience at the recent WEF annual meeting in a piece entitled, “Our Days in Power are Numbered.”
• Walter Russell Mead of the Wall Street Journal unpacks what he thinks are Milei and Argentina’s lessons for America.
• Author of In Defense of Capitalism Rainer Zitelmann explains why Milei’s speech was such a tonic.
• Bloomberg Opinion columnist Juan Pablo Spinetto provides a benevolent critique of Milei arguing that he missed a key point in his defense of capitalism.
• National Review Institute Senior Fellow Douglas Murray explains Milei’s speech in its broader context.
• Like Milei, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon also shared some heterodox views of his own in Davos.
• In many respects, Milei’s speech echoes the message of Friedrich Hayek’s Road to Serfdom. Read Hayek’s full or abbreviated text.