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Chainsaw sputtering: Milei’s experiment falters

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President Javier Milei has tamed inflation and improved the lot of many Argentines. But an election season approaches, and the promised economic and wage growth are not materialising. As LIV Golf files for bankruptcy, we ask where it went wrong in trying to disrupt the sport. And the growth that is good for India’s people is bad for its elephants.


Guests and host:

  • Kinley Salmon, Latin America correspondent
  • Henry Tricks, US technology editor
  • Abhishek Kumar, India writer
  • Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence”


Topics covered: 

  • Argentina, Javier Milei
  • golf, LIV Golf, Saudi Arabia
  • India, elephants


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