Pinochet's dictatorship came to an end more than 30 years ago, but the dictatorship of neoliberalism is only ending now. Chileans have elected a Constituent Assembly that will draft a new constitution (...) One of the strongest preserved traces of the dictatorship has been the economic system: neoliberalism tailored according to the principles of the Friedman experiment, which after the restoration of democracy has neither been demolished nor substantially corrected. In fact, the 30 years of transformation brought about its reinforcement.
Read more in this article by Krytyka Polityczna (in Polish only).
To inderstand not only how capital and power relations are shaped today, but also about how they looked in the past, we encourage you to watch "Capital in the Twenty-First Century," based on the bestselling book by Thomas Piketty.
CAPITAL IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, dir. Justin Pemberton
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