The three books and two libertarian essays that Javier Milei gave to Pope Francis

With the return of Javier Milei in Buenos Aires after the trip to Jerusalem and Rome, the President also focused on the difficult reality that Argentina is facing.

But with the return of the entrepreneurs and pilgrims who were close to him in the various activities he carried out in the Vatican – the central one was his conversation with Pope Francis and the other his presence at the canonization of the now Argentine saint “Mamá Antula” – Yes they knew details of that trip that had not been disclosed.

Milei was strongly moved by the warm welcome that the Pontiff reserved for him, leaving aside any resentment for the harsh criticisms made in the past by the Libertarian towards his figure, he was unable to resist his genius. And he gave several private gifts to Jorge Bergoglio in which He reaffirmed his libertarian ideas.

He knew Clarion of very high Italian origin, which Milei personally donated to Pope Francis 5 publications, three books and two essays.

In general, the authors are thinkers of the Austrian school with which Milei identifies, and which is characterized by a strong character criticism of neoclassical, Marxist, Keynesian and monetarist economic theories.

He gave him “Human Action. A Treatise on Economics” (1949) by Ludwig von Mises; “Fatal Arrogance” (1988), by Friedrich August von Hayek; “Pandemics and dirigisme”, by Jesus Huerta de Soto, plus two long articles: “Anarchy, God and Pope Francis” (2017) and “Socialism, ethical corruption and market economy” (1997) also by Huerta de Soto (1952) , a libertarian and renowned Catholic academic, who repeatedly mentions Milei.

These authors propose as harmful government power and intervention in the economy which, according to his theory, generally lead to a result different from the natural one and harmful to society, since they generate chaos in the long term.

Indeed, listening to the lectures of the libertarian Huerta Soto is like listening to Milei himself. Recently he proposed that the current president of Argentina be a candidate for the Nobel Prize in economics and Milei thanked him online.

Soto states “The State is the embodiment of the devil’s evil, the transmission belt of evil.”

In his work Anarchy, God and Pope Francis, he tries to show that God is not only a supreme being creative for the love of all things, but that he is also a libertarian. Being God with his laws, creator of the All, of the absolute, he allows the universe to evolve alone and spontaneously, leaving his creation in the most absolute freedom.

Mises (1881-1973) is the magnum opus of the Austrian economist. Known internationally as head of the Austrian School, teacher of Von Hayek and many other economists.

He discards the Marxist, Keynesian and interventionist myths that invariably give rise to poverty and exploitation among the working masses, among those “dear people” whom everyone, he says, wants to protect and protect.

Friedrich August von Hayek (1899-1992), known above all for his defense of liberalism and for his criticism of the planned economy and socialism, proposing an explanation of the development of society, law and the economy.

In summary, Milei left him all his ultra-liberal thoughts which could be considered the opposite of Jorge Bergoglio, known for his preaching in favor of the poorest. and their complaints that the market profits of the few are undermining the well-being of the majority.

All the texts that the president left to Bergoglio study in detail why the State is not only unnecessary but highly inefficient

Close to the president they confirmed that these texts were special gifts from Milei to the Pope. They were delivered on Monday the 12th. And that day it was only known that the president had given the head of the Catholic Church a folder with a copy of the handwritten letter from Chancellor José María Gutiérrez to Juan Bautista Alberdi who accredited him as representative in Europe, May 1854; a painting with the commemorative postcard of Mama Antula that the Argentine postal service distributed in August 2017 on the occasion of the beatification of the now saint; a box of dulce de leche alfajores and another of lemon biscuits.

Before all those public gestures and others kept private until now, Milei made another gesture out of protocol.

At that moment there was a group of Argentine pilgrims and when they called Milei she got out of the car to greet them. And with her arms outstretched, watching, she effusively embraced a woman, who was Cristina Guzmán. And also other well-known faces such as the former Parlasur MP Teresa Gonzalez

The well-known former deputy of Jujuy played a crucial role with the Minister of the Interior Guillermo Francos, who went with the delegation to Rome. Guzmán – with fluid ties to the Church and other faiths – and Francos held a lunch with the country’s bishops and archbishops which was very important for the relationship between the Pope and the libertarian to move from the cold phase to the thaw and then to the final meeting which they kept.