Even allied neoliberal media refused to publish Hayek’s defense of Pinochet

Evidence

The editors of Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Germany’s neoliberal flagship among the nationwide print media, refused to print an article by Friedrich August von Hayek titled “True Reports on Chile” (Wahrheitsgetreue Berichte über Chile), for example. The daily paper did not even offer space to Hayek in its letters to the editors’ section. Hayek eventually published his efforts in defense of economic and social policies under Pinochet in a small booklet published by Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung affiliated with Bavaria’s Christian Social Union Party (see Walpen and Plehwe 2001, 67–69 for details). — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1618

Categorization

• XREF: Contradicts the image of a monolithic Mont Pèlerin network unifying behind Chile; the Frankfurt paper’s refusal shows internal divisions or discomfort even among the network’s own flagship. — connects to: A German pro-market economist excused Pinochet-era repression while resenting traffic lights at home — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 344; German scholars documented the Mont Pèlerin Society’s defense of Pinochet’s dictatorship. — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 1729; Mont Pèlerin members silently accepted Pinochet’s authoritarian rule at the 1981 meeting — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 1589 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Neoliberalism cannot be reduced to Hayek’s own pronouncements. #qualifies (0.78) — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 524