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title: "Milei says his four cloned dogs chose their own economist names"
description: "Javier Milei says his cloned mastiffs selected the names Milton, Murray, Robert, and Lucas by responding to their preferred economists."
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# [Milei says his four cloned dogs chose their own economist names](<https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/milei-says-his-four-cloned-dogs-chose-their-own-economist-names.phtml>)

Javier Milei’s four 200-pound mastiffs are clones of his dead dog, Conan. They are named after
Milton Friedman, Murray Rothbard, and Robert Lucas Jr., but Milei insists he did not choose the
names. The dogs selected them by approaching when each name was called.

Even his dogs believe in revealed preference.