The Rasheed Griffith Show 51. Is Javier Milei Really Libertarian - Carlos Rodríguez Braun
In this no-nonsense conversation, Professor Carlos Rodríguez Braun — author of El Pensamiento de Milei — helps us decipher the often confusing worldview of Argentina’s president, Javier Milei. We go through the philosophical paths that took Milei from admiring Chicago-school thinkers to openly praising Rothbard’s anarcho-capitalism, and we examine the often jarring contradictions revealed by his alliances with figures like Bolsonaro, Abascal, and Meloni.
Key Points
Anarcho-Capitalist or Just Radical?
How Milei’s shifting stances on economic policy blur the lines between classical liberalism, minarchism, and outright anarchism.
Bolsonaro, Abascal, & Trump—Strange Bedfellows?
Why a self-styled free trader cozies up to staunch protectionists and far-right politicians in pursuit of a new global “culture war.”
Social Policy Paradoxes
Milei rails against abortion as murder but leans libertarian on marriage (at least on the surface) —yet his conservative circle often contradicts these freedoms.
Culture War Gamble
Will Milei’s aggressive rhetoric on “gender ideology” undercut Argentina’s hard-won social freedoms and destabilize his own economic reforms?
The Future of Liberalism in Argentina
With the nation’s midterm elections looming, can Milei deliver on taming inflation and sparking growth or risk discrediting liberalism for a generation?