Editorial Planeta announced in a statement that the president Javier Mileigave up the economic rights to his book Capitalism, socialism and the neoclassical trap. “Grupo Planeta informs that this afternoon, Wednesday, May 22, 2024, we have been duly notified that Mr. President of the Nation Javier Milei transfers the economic rights to his work.” consulted by Infobae Culturethe Communication and Press manager of the Argentine subsidiary of the Spanish company, said that there was “nothing more” to add.
“How do we pay for Luna Park? The Planeta publishing house – which publishes the book – transfers the royalties to a company. It doesn’t cost the State a centlike none of my other activities,” the president had declared in dialogue with the La Nación+ signal, on Tuesday.
The edition of this new book by President Milei is preceded by a striking controversy that is far from the usual procedures for disseminating this type of publications. Firstly, the presentation was intended to be held during the Book Fair, on the same premises as the Rural but in an unusual setting for the literary meeting: the central court of the space. Finally, the president himself confirmed that he was giving up.
“We are not going to present it at the Book Fair because my sister is carrying out that negotiation and there is a level of hostility towards me and towards our people that makes us suspect that there is an attempt to sabotage the presentation and do, let’s say “, in the Kirchnerist style, in a violent way,” Milei declared on radio The Observer.
“He spoke of baseless threats. We said that the Nation did not want to participate in the fair and that wanting to use the space as a showcase seemed like a contradiction to us, but nothing more,” responded the president of The El Libro Foundation, Alejandro Vaccaro, in dialogue with the C5N channel. In that interview, he also said that from the presidency “from the start they stated that they wanted to do the presentation on the track, with giant screens.” “That has nothing to do with the presentation of a book, but with a show and that organization exceeds us,” he explained.
The 375-page work, according to what the president told Infobae Culture, talks about Economy and Politics. “The first part,” Milei said, “are political speeches, that’s how I sweeten the readers’ eyes… In part 2 there are several articles, one from the perspective of economic thought, another from growth….”
