After the investigation by NOTICIAS magazine on the plagiarism in one of President Javier Milei’s books, a journalist exposed fresh copying in another one of the head of State’s works. In this case, the alleged reproduction took place in the libertarian’s latest book "Capitalism, socialism and the neoclassic trap”, which he presented at the Luna Park in May.
This was exposed by journalist Alejandro Alfie, who shared the information on his X account. According to his denouncement, the entirety of chapter 4.5.3 of Milei’s book, which comprises 14 pages (326 to 339), “is copied verbatim” from an article entitled “Demanda por dinero: teoría, evidencia, resultados (Demand for money: theory, evidence, results)”, published by Chilean researchers Verónica Mies and Raimundo Soto in 2000.
“Anyone comparing both texts can easily find that 14 full pages of Milei’s book have been plagiarised”, stated the journalist, who resumed an investigation conducted by the newspaper El Mercurio in Chile where he claims that “there are 29 paragraphs copied from Mies and Soto, published in December 2000 and now on many of Milei’s pages, as if those paragraphs had been written by the Argentine President”.
In addition to this, he quoted the cover story of NOTICIAS, where journalist Tomás Rodríguez accused the libertarian of being a “serial plagiarist”. “[Milei] once again copies someone else’s text, as denounced by Notiticas about his previous works. Amont other authors, this time he is stealing from a CONICET researcher”, reads that article. In that vein, he stated that the chief executive copied paragraphs from texts written by Argentine economist Fernando Toledo and Chileans Mies and Soto, as well as "several paragraphs, between pages 353 and 357, which are nearly verbatim from different files on the Studocu webpage”.
Alfie further supported his messages with extracts from the libertarian’s latest book and the publication by Chilean researchers, to show the alleged copying by the President. He also highlighted some fragments where the chief executive changed some words, but kept the essence of the alleged original text. “Milei published those very words, as though they were his own, on page 326 of his book. Though he did change ‘fully’ for ‘completely’; and ‘human beings’ behaviour’ for ‘human behaviour’”, the journalist explained.
--TIMES/PERFIL
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