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“We Can Get a Coup”: Warren Nutter and the Overthrow of Salvador Allende

In: Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology: Including a Selection of Papers Presented at the 2019 ALAHPE Conference

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In 1969, Warren Nutter left the University of Virginia Department of Economics to serve as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs in the Nixon administration. During his time in the Defense Department, Nutter was deeply involved in laying the groundwork for a military coup against the democratically elected president of Chile, Salvador Allende. Although Nutter left the Pentagon several months before the successful 1973 coup, his role in Chile was far more direct than the better-known cases of Friedrich Hayek, Milton Friedman, James Buchanan, and Arnold Harberger. This chapter describes Nutter’s role in Chile policymaking in the Nixon administration. It shows how Nutter’s criticisms of Henry Kissinger are grounded in his economics, and compares and contrasts Nutter with other economists who have been connected to Pinochet’s dictatorship.

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  • Daniel Kuehn, 2021. "“We Can Get a Coup”: Warren Nutter and the Overthrow of Salvador Allende," Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology, in: Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology: Including a Selection of Papers Presented at the 2019 ALAHPE Conference, volume 39, pages 151-186, Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:rhetzz:s0743-41542021000039a009
    DOI: 10.1108/S0743-41542021000039A009
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