by Dan Mitchell | Dec 20, 2021 | Blogs, Economics, Socialism
I warned a few days ago that Gabirel Boric would be bad news if he won Chile’s presidential election. Well, he won, and now we’re going to find out whether he will repeal the policies that made the country successful. He definitely seems to be...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 19, 2021 | Blogs, Free Market
Greetings from Santiago. Chileans vote today for a new president and there’s a risk that a Venezuelan-style leftist, Gabriel Boric, will prevail. And that puts at risk the economic progress described in this video. The video has a good discussion...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 18, 2021 | Big Government, Blogs
One reason I’m interested in Chile’s election is that the leftist candidate, Gabriel Boric, wants to eviscerate the nation’s successful private pension system. Bettina Horst of Libertad Y Desarrollo gave me her analysis. As an economist and Executive Director of the...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 17, 2021 | Blogs, Free Market
I explained a few days ago that Sunday’s presidential runoff in Chile should be viewed as the most important election of 2021. This is because the left’s candidate, Gabriel Boric, wants to turn Chile into Venezuela, as I mention in this radio interview with Ross...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 14, 2021 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market, Socialism
If you want visual proof of Chile’s “improbable success,” this chart tells you everything you need to know. Thanks to free-market reforms in the 1980s and 1990s, growth exploded, Chile became the Latin Tiger and poverty plummeted. It’s remarkable how...
