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Quoting a right wing economics friendly source: "Pinochet's economic policy is vastly overrated" > Mining a bunch of copper, helping your cronies get rich, an
by ZeroGravitas 4y ago
Quoting a right wing economics friendly source:
"Pinochet's economic policy is vastly overrated"
> Mining a bunch of copper, helping your cronies get rich, and pumping up land prices is not a "miracle".
https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/pinochets-economic-policy-is-vastly https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/pinochets-economic-policy-is-v...
> In the U.S., Pinochet is often a talking point in economics debates. He was a brutal dictator, who killed thousands and who tortured, imprisoned, and/or exiled tens of thousands more. It’s very understandable that Chileans would want to expunge any portion of his legacy. But in the U.S., it’s his economic policy that continues to be debated decades later. Some libertarians believe that despite the brutality of his regime, he implemented economic policies that were wildly successful in raising Chilean living standards.