Department of Economics, Dickinson College, Carlisle PA, 17013 farranta@dickinson.edu, mcphail@dickinson.edu, and bergerse@dickinson.edu
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Preventing the “Abuses” of Democracy: Hayek, the “Military Usurper” and Transitional Dictatorship in Chile?
Article first published online: 6 JUL 2012
DOI: 10.1111/j.1536-7150.2012.00824.x
© 2012 American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Inc.
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FARRANT, A., MCPHAIL, E. and BERGER, S. (2012), Preventing the “Abuses” of Democracy: Hayek, the “Military Usurper” and Transitional Dictatorship in Chile?. American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 71: 513–538. doi: 10.1111/j.1536-7150.2012.00824.x
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Department of Economics, Dickinson College, Carlisle PA, 17013 farranta@dickinson.edu, mcphail@dickinson.edu, and bergerse@dickinson.edu
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Abstract
Hayek famously claimed that he would prefer a “liberal” dictator to “democratic government lacking in liberalism.” While Hayek's views of the Pinochet regime have generated much controversy, surprisingly little has been written about Hayek's defense of transitional dictatorship. Making use of previously un-translated foreign language archival material, this paper helps shed light on Hayek's views of authoritarianism, totalitarianism, transitional dictatorship, and the Pinochet regime as well as helping to separate Hayekian ‘fact’ from Hayekian ‘fiction’.