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Mark Weisbrot on Argentina’s Javier Milei
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This week on CounterSpin:
The new president of Argentina opposes abortion rights, casts doubt on the death toll of the country’s military dictatorship, would like it to be easier to access handguns and calls climate change a “lie of socialism.” Many were worried about what Javier Milei would bring, but, the Washington Post explained: “Anger won over fear. For many Argentines, the bigger risk was more of the same.”
But if you want to dig down into the roots of that “same,” the economic and historic conditions that drove that deep dissatisfaction, US news media will be less helpful to you there. Milei is not a landslide popular president, and thoughtful, critical information and conversation could help clarify peoples’ problems and their sources, such that voters — in Argentina and elsewhere — might not be left to believe that the only way forward is a man wielding a literal chainsaw.
We’ll learn about Javier Milei and what led to his election from Mark Weisbrot, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research and author of the book Failed: What the “Experts” Got Wrong About the Global Economy.
But first, Janine Jackson takes a quick look at FAIR’s recent study on the Sunday shows’ Gaza guests.
The post Mark Weisbrot on Argentina’s Javier Milei appeared first on KPFA.
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Manage episode 386010021 series 1191824
This week on CounterSpin:
The new president of Argentina opposes abortion rights, casts doubt on the death toll of the country’s military dictatorship, would like it to be easier to access handguns and calls climate change a “lie of socialism.” Many were worried about what Javier Milei would bring, but, the Washington Post explained: “Anger won over fear. For many Argentines, the bigger risk was more of the same.”
But if you want to dig down into the roots of that “same,” the economic and historic conditions that drove that deep dissatisfaction, US news media will be less helpful to you there. Milei is not a landslide popular president, and thoughtful, critical information and conversation could help clarify peoples’ problems and their sources, such that voters — in Argentina and elsewhere — might not be left to believe that the only way forward is a man wielding a literal chainsaw.
We’ll learn about Javier Milei and what led to his election from Mark Weisbrot, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research and author of the book Failed: What the “Experts” Got Wrong About the Global Economy.
But first, Janine Jackson takes a quick look at FAIR’s recent study on the Sunday shows’ Gaza guests.
The post Mark Weisbrot on Argentina’s Javier Milei appeared first on KPFA.
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