Morning Call: Taking an axe to tax

Tories agree there must be cuts. But where?

Freddie

Good morning. Javier Milei, a libertarian economist, has won Argentina’s presidential election with 55.7 per cent of the vote against 44.3 per cent for the Peronist Sergio Massa. Milei wants to slash state spending by 15 per cent and dollarise the economy to stamp out inflation, which is running at 140 per cent. His election marks an end to Pero…