The Intelligence: Milei’s laborious reforms
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 26 January 2024
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
For decades, Argentina’s labour unions have seemed like they can’t be touched. But the country’s new radical, libertarian president is daring to try. Ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day, two new films explore the tragedy (09:19). And, how Beyoncé made chrome cool again (16:44).
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| 1:00.7 | The Economist |
| 1:02.0 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. |
| 1:11.7 | I'm your host, Oire Okunbi. |
| 1:14.2 | Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 1:22.8 | Ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day tomorrow, we look at two new films portraying this historic tragedy |
| 1:29.9 | and the challenges in doing so. |
| 1:32.3 | And? |
| 1:35.3 | I consider myself quite the fashionista, |
| 1:38.3 | but even I couldn't have predicted designer's pick for colour of the year. |
| 1:42.3 | Hint, hint, it's all Beyonce's fault. |
| 1:59.5 | First up there. |
| 2:13.6 | This week, Argentine workers took to the streets to stage a massive strike. They were responding to reforms from the country's new right-wing libertarian president, Javier Milley. |
| 2:27.4 | Mr. Milley was elected in December amid the country's worst economic crisis in two decades. |
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