Chile. Chile Quake + Friedman. In the aftermath of the Chilean earthquake, it was inevitable that somebody would pen a piece crediting the comparatively low casualty rate (next to the Haitian earthquake) to Milton Friedman and Augusto Pinochet.
So here's Bret Stephens, carrying water for gangster economists and blood-soaked dictators. Hey, at least they made the trains run on time enforced building codes! Milton Friedman has been dead for more than three years. But his spirit was surely hovering protectively over Chile in the early morning hours of Saturday. Bret Stephens: How Milton Friedman Saved Chile. Haiti.