Chilean neoliberalism drew on Hayek and Buchanan, not only Chicago monetarists.

Evidence

Although the links between General Pinochet and Milton Friedman are fairly well known, and the special relationship between Chicago and Santiago has been better researched than most other neoliberal forays, Karin Fischer in Chapter 9 fills important gaps in the literature by tracking and tracing local and foreign neoliberals in Chile before, during, and after the Pinochet dictatorship. Her examination of the gremialista pillar of the local neoliberal coalition and her account of the role of the economists Hayek and James Buchanan, in addition to the Chicago School neoliberals, demonstrates the extent to which neoliberal knowledge and capacity building extended well beyond the economic sphere. By carefully identifying transnational MPS circles, Fischer also reveals the flexible character of neoliberal cadres who were able to administer important policy shifts during the Pinochet era, and their survival after the end of Chile’s military rule. — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 162

Categorization

• XREF: Extends the standard ‘Chicago Boys’ narrative by adding the gremialista and public-choice dimensions, connecting to Buchanan’s constitutional economics. — connects to: Friedman’s anti-politics drew directly on Buchanan and Stigler’s public choice economics. — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion: Reinventing Free…, 481; Chilean neoliberalism drew on multiple schools, not Chicago economics alone. — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 1612; Chilean neoliberalism developed in distinguishable stages each with distinct theory. — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 1613
• SHARE: Worth sending to anyone who broadly cites ‘the Chicago boys’ as the whole Chilean story — the actual network was more diverse.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 162

Broader Connections

• Chilean neoliberalism drew on multiple schools, not Chicago economics alone. #expands (1.00) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1612
• Chilean neoliberalism developed in distinguishable stages each with distinct theory. #expands (0.75) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1613