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The libertarian economist won the election with his radical ideas. Can he deliver? Tom Phillips reportsHe’s known as “the madman”, his hairdresser likens him to Wolverine, while the man himself prefers the term “anarcho-capitalist”. But this week Javier Milei has a new title: president of Argentina.By now the world should not be surprised by a far-right TV personality with attention-grabbing hair winning at the polls, but Milei’s meteoric rise up the ranks of Argentinian politics still shocked observers. On the election trail, he promised to close the central bank, dollarise the economy and insulted Argentina’s biggest trading partners, China and Brazil. But what will he do now that he has power? Continue reading...