German scholars documented the Mont Pèlerin Society’s defense of Pinochet’s dictatorship.

Evidence

Walpen, Bernhard, and Dieter Plehwe. 2001. “‘Wahrheitsgetreue Berichte über Chile’—Die Mont Pèlerin Society und die Diktatur Pinochet.” 1999. Zeitschrift für Sozialgeschichte des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts 2, 42–70. — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1729

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the wider historiography of MPS complicity with Pinochet — the Chilean economists network discussed in this set of references. — connects to: Hayek and Friedman personally advised and legitimized the Pinochet dictatorship. — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market: Human Rights…, 305; Hayek actively defended the Pinochet regime against human rights criticism. — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market: Human Rights…, 304; Nobel-winning Chicago economists actively endorsed Pinochet’s dictatorship — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market: Human Rights…, 329 (+5 more)
• QUESTION: The ‘Wahrheitsgetreue Berichte’ (truthful reports) title suggests a specific propaganda/documentary effort by the MPS about Chile that could be worth investigating.

Broader Connections

• Hayek repeatedly praised Pinochet, Salazar, and Suharto’s dictatorships as liberty-preserving #corroborates (0.90) — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 363
• Hayek directly legitimized Pinochet’s dictatorship as more liberal than unrestricted democracy. #corroborates (0.90) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1592
• Even allied neoliberal media refused to publish Hayek’s defense of Pinochet #complicates (0.85) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1618
• Mont Pèlerin members silently accepted Pinochet’s authoritarian rule at the 1981 meeting #corroborates (0.80) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1589