Hayek & Pinochet

[Michael Yates]

This is a very interesting post.  I have never believed that Austrian
economics offers much in the way of progressive possibilities.  After
all, Hayek and Von Mises appear to have greatly feared the power of the
masses of workers.

michael yates

Doug Henwood wrote:
> 
> [excerpts from an interesting post from the International Political
> Economy list]
> 
> Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 19:02:43 -0500
> To: INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY <ipe at csf.colorado.edu>
> From: "Jeffrey L. Beatty" <Beatty.4 at osu.edu>
> 
> [...]
> 
> Actually, there was some noticeable Hayekian influence as well.
> Alfred Stepan writes (1985, 322-323):
> 
> "Furthermore, whereas the initial control of working-class
> collectivities came about by direct coercion by the [Chilean] state,
> after 1978 there emerged a much more sophisticated attempt at
> policy-induced structural fragmentation of existing and potential
> oppositional collectivities.  These policies reflected the ideas of
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