When presidents fear their economists more than a nuclear weapon, it's a mistake. The ideas and actions of economic policy expose the leaders to the voters.
The political-economic relationship around a president has almost always been tense. “For me, I would throw a grenade here,” Jaime Durán Barba said half in grace and half seriously before a presentation of Mauricio Macri’s economic plan, says Hernán Iglesias. Cristina Kirchner confirmed this week that adjustment policies often destabilize governments.