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Chile Election Week, Part VI: Wrecking the Constitution?

Posted in Chile, Constitution, Election, Socialism, Statism, tagged , , , , , on December 21, 2021| 3 Comments »

Now that a socialist has been elected (with open support from the Communist Party), what comes next for Chile? Lots of bad policy, for sure, but Axel Kaiser warns that the left also wants to replace the country’s pro-liberty constitution. Axel, who is President of Fundación para El Progreso and also a Senior Fellow for […]

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Chile Election Week, Part V: Another “Leftist Savior”

Posted in Chile, Election, Socialism, Statism, tagged , , , on December 20, 2021| 17 Comments »

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 another “leftist savior,” as described in this video. At best, […]

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Chile Election Week, Part IV: What’s at Stake in Today’s Vote?

Posted in Chile, Election, Free Markets, Socialism, Statism, tagged , , , , on December 19, 2021| 15 Comments »

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 of Chile’s very successful system of private pensions (which will be in danger if Boric […]

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Chile Election Week, Part III: Death Knell for the Private Pension System?

Posted in Chile, Election, Social Security, Social Security Privatization, tagged , , , on December 18, 2021| 5 Comments »

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 nation’s pro-market think tank, Ms. Horst understands that Chile’s system has helped workers by […]

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Chile Election Week, Part II: The Threat of Boricnomics

Posted in Chile, Election, Free Markets, Statism, tagged , , , on December 17, 2021| 11 Comments »

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 Kaminsky. For some reason, you only hear my voice during […]

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