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Argentina's battered middle class shrinking under Milei
Argentina's battered middle class shrinking under Milei
Economy
by  AFP

Argentina's middle class is vanishing: with austerity cuts introduced by self-proclaimed "anarcho-capitalist" President Javier Milei, ever more people cannot afford schooling or medicine, even those holding down two jobs. In 2012, the World Bank said Argentina's middle class had doubled over a decade to reach 18.6 million people, or 43 percent of the population.