Today's guest is Axel Kaiser, a Chilean-German lawyer, author of The Street Economist, and classical liberal who has spent years promoting free markets and limited government across Latin America. He is the co-founder and board president of Chile's Foundation for Progress and deputy executive director of Argentina's FARO Foundation.
Nick Gillespie talks with Kaiser in Argentina about how Javier Milei transformed libertarianism from a largely intellectual movement into a popular political force and whether that shift can outlast Milei himself. They discuss the decline of Peronism, the resurgence of free market ideas across Latin America, and the tension between populism and liberalism. Kaiser also explains why libertarians need to compete for cultural influence, from universities and think tanks to movies and social media, and why a free society depends on more than limiting government.
0:00—What happens when libertarianism goes mainstream?
