I will thus argue that neoliberalism in Chile cannot be readily understood on the basis of some clearly defined, prepackaged, one-size-fits-all set of ideas, and then be simply identified with generic antidemocratic authoritarianism. Rather, we need to examine diverse neoliberal intellectuals in terms of their motives, their individual reasoning quirks; and their actions in context; only then can we fully understand how neoliberals and their ideas have been mobilized and adapted so successfully. Both the domestic and international stories can be integrated by always keeping one eye on the international Mont Pèlerin Society, where Chilean and foreign neoliberals worked closely together.

Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, loc. 1545