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And to all the people who like to bash Chile and the Chicago School, there are other good things in Chile besides the startup program, just take a second to loo

by guylhem 14y ago

And to all the people who like to bash Chile and the Chicago School, there are other good things in Chile besides the startup program, just take a second to look at the GDP per capita growth : http://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=d5bncppjof8f9_&ctype=l&met_y=ny_gdp_pcap_pp_kd#!ctype=l&strail=false&bcs=d&nselm=h&met_y=ny_gdp_pcap_pp_kd&scale_y=lin&ind_y=false&rdim=region&idim=region:LAC&idim=country:ARG:CHL:BRA&ifdim=region&hl=en_US&dl=en_US&ind=false http://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=d5bncppjof8f9_&#... It started lower and below average, it's now at the #1 spot. [because it is well know Argentina is lying on its number since ~2008] On other development rankings, Chile also is in the top scores - like fighting against corruption. Maybe, just maybe, some good things were done, or it wouldn't work as well. Just saying that as someone who seriously consider Chile (along with India).

m0th87 14y ago
Isn't the parent referring to Pinochet? He was ousted in 1990. I'm not sure how much you can attribute the modern Chilean economy to his work. He was also a brutal dictator, so you know, there's that...
- Kudzu_Bob 14y ago
  Pinochet was not especially brutal, as dictators go. On his worst day he was far less homicidal than, say, Pol Pot or Idi Amin. Indeed, I can think of any number of democratically elected leaders with more blood on their hands, including several US Presidents.
- guylhem 14y ago
  Since the current non-strop trend started in 1983 (click the graph), yes I would attribute some of the current performance to him and the Chicago School, with however great respect too for the presidents elected ever since 1990, who have keep the economy in working order, and by behaving properly, kept the democracy working as well : it's a country of laws (Allende gross disregards for that were reproached to him by the supremes) Anyway it's all past history. Let's wonder more about the bright future.

by guylhem 14y ago

m0th87 14y ago

Isn't the parent referring to Pinochet? He was ousted in 1990. I'm not sure how much you can attribute the modern Chilean economy to his work. He was also a brutal dictator, so you know, there's that...

Kudzu_Bob 14y ago
Pinochet was not especially brutal, as dictators go. On his worst day he was far less homicidal than, say, Pol Pot or Idi Amin. Indeed, I can think of any number of democratically elected leaders with more blood on their hands, including several US Presidents.
guylhem 14y ago
Since the current non-strop trend started in 1983 (click the graph), yes I would attribute some of the current performance to him and the Chicago School, with however great respect too for the presidents elected ever since 1990, who have keep the economy in working order, and by behaving properly, kept the democracy working as well : it's a country of laws (Allende gross disregards for that were reproached to him by the supremes) Anyway it's all past history. Let's wonder more about the bright future.