Augusto Pinochet

Chicago economists had free rein in Chile. The country is still recovering.

The 'human rights president' had some tough political decisions to make regarding Augusto Pinochet in 1979.

The primary sources on Kissinger’s controversial legacy.

The Chicago Boys and the tragedy of the Chilean coup.

Chile’s president was in Washington over the weekend to mark a grim anniversary. Congress is still asking questions about the U.S. role in the 1973 coup.

Some personal reflections on history, memory, and the survival of democracies.

Friedrich von Hayek and Milton Friedman helped devise Pinochet's economic agenda and endorsed the brutal repression that was needed to force it through.

Fifty years after the military coup that brought down Salvador Allende and installed Pinochet as dicator, top secret US documents still need to be declassified.

On September 4, 1973, an enormous multitude of Chileans poured into the streets of Santiago to back the besieged government of Salvador Allende.

Documents show Henry Kissinger misled President Gerald Ford about clandestine U.S. efforts to undermine the elected government of Salvador Allende.

An interview with Jennifer Burns on her authoritative new biography of the American economist and the personal and intellectual origins of his theories.

The economist’s lifelong pugilism wasn’t in spite of his success—it may have been the key to it.

In a demonstration of why he was able to kill so many people and get away with it, the day of his passage will be a solemn one in Congress and newsrooms.

The Chicago school ruled supreme over economics—until recently.

Buckley’s seldom-acknowledged fluency in Spanish shaped his worldview—including his admiration for dictators from Spain to Chile and beyond.

Hyperindividualism has infiltrated our economic, social, and political landscape.

Craig McNamara’s family did not talk about the Vietnam War. He spent his life asking questions about it.

Why did William F. Buckley campaign to free Edgar Smith?

A new book by Ruth Ben-Ghiat discusses the past and present challenges posed by authoritarianism, but misses the conditions in which it arises.

A number of recent books blame the rise of neoliberalism on economists. But the evidence suggests it is still capital that rules.