http://ssy.org.uk/2010/03/earthquakes-arent-getting-worse-society-is/ Wed, 16 May 2012 20:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://ssy.org.uk/2010/03/earthquakes-arent-getting-worse-society-is/#comment-653 Liam T Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:50:14 +0000 http://ssy.org.uk/?p=999#comment-653 seen this? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703411304575093572032665414.html?mod=rss_Today's_Most_Popular opinion piece in the wall street journal claiming that Milton Friedman's, ahem, 'economic reform' of Chile is what's to thank for the relatively low death toll in the earthquake. of course, it then emerged that it was Allende in 1972 that adopted Chile's strict building codes, specifically designed to resist earthquakes! pretty thorough rebuking of it here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ben-cohen/pinochet-did-not-make-chi_b_486950.html seen this? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703411304575093572032665414.html?mod=rss_Today's_Most_Popular
opinion piece in the wall street journal claiming that Milton Friedman’s, ahem, ‘economic reform’ of Chile is what’s to thank for the relatively low death toll in the earthquake. of course, it then emerged that it was Allende in 1972 that adopted Chile’s strict building codes, specifically designed to resist earthquakes!
pretty thorough rebuking of it here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ben-cohen/pinochet-did-not-make-chi_b_486950.html

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