New President in Argentina
Steven L. Taylor
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Monday, November 23, 2015
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Via the BBC: Argentina’s President-elect Macri lays out new course
Mr Macri won Sunday’s run-off election by a narrow margin over Daniel Scioli, who was backed by outgoing president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
He said one of the key problems was the lack of accurate information about the state of Argentina’s economy.
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Mr Macri, who won with 51.4% of the vote over Mr Scioli’s 48.6%, called on Argentines to unite behind a common agenda which he said would focus on eradicating poverty and combating drug trafficking.
About Steven L. Taylor
Steven L. Taylor is a Professor of Political Science and a College of Arts and Sciences Dean. His main areas of expertise include parties, elections, and the institutional design of democracies. His most recent book is the co-authored
A Different Democracy: American Government in a 31-Country Perspective. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and his BA from the University of California, Irvine. He has been blogging since 2003 (originally at the now defunct Poliblog).
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If he wants to end poverty his government can expand the Jefes de Hogar program. I expect he’ll instead concentrate on foreign investment/spending and tax cuts/monetarist rigamarole in the hope a magic mixture will fix everything.