No "dirty work" is ascribed to them in those citations. For example, in the first link, that source discusses how the economists went to Chile AFTER the coup that put Pinochet in power, and it does not allege that the Chicago group helped in any way to put Pinochet in power. They helped push forward in Chile a "free market strategy implemented in a developing country. The ideological strength of their mission and the military authoritarianism of General Pinochet combined to transform an economy that, following the return to democracy, has stabilized and is seen as a model for Latin America." A model for Latin America, because the economy was stabilized. Milton Friedman's position is that the free market strategies helped facilitate the return to democracy.Audley Strange wrote:Well you won't read them the literature is available. Here's a couple.Coito ergo sum wrote:That's ridiculous. Citations needed.Audley Strange wrote:Quite right CES. It was his Chicago School acolytes who did the dirty work after being encouraged to go down there and invited by Pinochet. Are they responsible for the actions of that Junta? No, but they supported them right through it rather than going "these sick fuckers are totalitarian."
Not libertarians at all.
http://www.cambridge.org/gb/knowledge/i ... cale=en_GB
http://dollarsandsense.org/archives/200 ... ypher.html
You could wiki Chigago Boys but that tends to be all based on Niaomi Klein's specific and questionable polemic.
Friedman didn't support Pinochet's government, and he wanted and advocated for a democratic government. He was not involved with the ousting of Allende or the rise of Pinochet.