User talk:JamesMLane/Temp:Chilean coup

This sandbox began with the material from Chilean coup of 1973 -- specifically, all of what's currently Section 2 ("Situation before the coup"). JamesMLane 08:57, 27 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Some specific points
Some points that arose along the way as I made this edit: The main question to be addressed, of course, is how much detail should go into the description of the Allende years in the Chilean coup of 1973 article. JamesMLane 09:06, 27 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * We shouldn't use terms like "ratify" or "confirm" concerning Congress's selection of Allende. It wasn't just a matter of Congress confirming a decision about who had won the election, the way the U.S. Supreme Court did in 2000.  Congress had a perfect right to choose either of the two candidates.
 * The reference to inflation in the original text mentioned specifically the escudo. "Inflation" to me implies price increases, but I wasn't sure whether the 140% figure referred to price increases or to devaluation of the escudo.  That should be clarified.
 * I changed the phrase " government-mandated price-fixing". To U.S. readers, at least, "price-fixing" has a strong connotation of something improper, and is usually applied to collusion among business leaders.


 * JamesMLane, I am not convinced. Please supply more proof. 216.153.214.94 04:00, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC)