Meet inside The Shops at Waterloo Town Square - we will congregate in the indoor seating area next to the Your Independent Grocer with the trees sticking out in the middle of the benches (pic) at 7:00 pm for 20 minutes, and then head over to my nearby apartment's amenity room. If you've been around a few times, feel free to meet up at the front door of the apartment at 7:30 instead.

Topic

On December 10th, 2023, Javier Milei took office as the president of Argentina, on a platform of massive spending cuts and deregulation (¡AFUERA!). Many celebrated his promises, as after a sovereign default in 2014 and a decade of crippling inflation -- reaching over 200% in 2023 -- Argentina’s economic outlook was dire. 

Some people were more skeptical, worrying that austerity would only plunge Argentina’s already precarious working class into worse hardship. Others simply felt that his big promises were simply populist bluster that Milei would not be able to make good on.

Now that he’s been in power for over a year,  let's use our rationalist martial arts to assess all these questions for ourselves.

Prep Work

If you've never heard of Javier Milei, take a minute to skim his wikipedia article. Otherwise, all you need to do is bring your laptop! Here is the draft research agenda.