In the aftermath of the 1973 Chilean coup, the Chicago Boys, a group of economists trained by Milton Friedman at the University of Chicago, began implementing radical free-market economic reforms under Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship. Their ‘shock therapy’ approach involved rapid …
Milton FriedmanArnold HarbergerAugusto PinochetThe Chicago BoysAmartya Seneconomic-shock-therapyneoliberalismchile-economic-policypsychological-manipulationinstitutional-capture
On August 23, 1971, Lewis F. Powell Jr. delivered his confidential memorandum ‘Attack on American Free Enterprise System’ to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, providing a strategic blueprint for corporate political mobilization. The 34-page document outlined a comprehensive strategy for …
Lewis F. Powell Jr.Eugene B. Sydnor Jr.U.S. Chamber of CommerceJack AndersonRichard Nixonregulatory-capturecorporate-influencethink-tank-strategyconservative-movementbusiness-activism+2 more
Lewis Powell drafts confidential memo to the US Chamber of Commerce outlining a systematic strategy for corporate influence, drawing from psychological manipulation techniques similar to those developed in MKULTRA. The memo provides a blueprint for coordinated institutional capture through media, …
Lewis PowellUS Chamber of CommerceCorporate Interestsinstitutional-captureeconomic-strategypsychological-manipulationcorporate-influence
Lewis Powell mailed a confidential, strategic memorandum titled ‘Attack On American Free Enterprise System’ to Eugene B. Sydnor Jr. at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The document outlined a systematic plan for corporations to defend and expand their power by capturing courts, academia, …
Lewis PowellEugene B. Sydnor Jr.U.S. Chamber of Commercepowell-memoranduminstitutional-capturestrategic-planningcorporate-powersupreme-court+1 more
Supreme Court Justice nominee Lewis F. Powell Jr. writes confidential memo to U.S. Chamber of Commerce outlining systematic strategy for corporate capture of democratic institutions. The memo provides a detailed blueprint for business mobilization through think tanks, legal foundations, lobbying …
Lewis F. Powell Jr.Eugene B. Sydnor Jr.U.S. Chamber of CommerceRichard Mellon ScaifeJoe Coors+1 morecapture-cascadeblueprintinstitutional-capturepowell-memochamber-of-commerce+1 more
In early 1953, Roy Cohn begins developing a systematic blackmail infrastructure during the McCarthy Senate hearings, leveraging anti-communist hysteria and homophobic tactics to gather compromising information on political and cultural figures. As 24-year-old chief counsel to Senator Joseph …
Roy CohnJoseph McCarthyJ. Edgar HooverFBIGenovese Crime Familyblackmailpolitical-manipulationmccarthy-eraintelligence-operationsorganized-crime+2 more