Milei Says His Four Cloned Dogs Chose Their Own Economist Names

Argentine President Javier Milei explains how his “four-legged children” came to have the names of famous economists. He spoke to Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait in an interview at the presidential office in Buenos Aires.Source: Bloomberg

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By Crayton Harrison

April 5, 2024 at 1:52 PM UTC

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The cloned dogs that Javier Milei refers to as his “four-legged children” all bear the names of his economist heroes: Milton Friedman, Murray Rothbard, Robert Lucas Jr.

But the Argentine president insists he didn’t choose their names — they did.