More or Less: Behind the Stats
More or Less: Behind the Stats
BBC Radio 4
Has Milei fixed Argentina’s inflation problem?
8 minutes Posted Apr 25, 2024 at 10:00 pm.
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Libertarian populist Javier Milei won the presidential election in Argentina on a promise austerity and economic “shock” measures for the ailing economy.

Just a few months in, some are hailing the falling rate of inflation as showing those measures are working.

Economist Monica de Bolle, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, explains whether that thinking is correct.

Presenter/producer: Tom Colls

Producer: Ajai Singh
Production co-ordinator: Brenda Brown
Sound mix: Graham Puddifoot
Editor: Richard Vadon.