智利的优异经济表现是在奥古斯托·皮诺切特将军（Augusto Pinochet）的军事独裁期间推出，随后由民选政府在前者离任后的25年间确立并强化的自由市场政策的结果。
Chile’s excellent economic performance has been the result of the free-market policies introduced during the military dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet but confirmed and strengthened by democratically elected governments over the 25 years since he left office.