Nixon also asked the CIA to "make the economy scream". It's really unfortunate that most experiment in central planning were also complicated by the world's super power at the time trying to ensure that the experiment failed. Not to mention that their key export (copper) price crashed during those years.
Not to say that there wouldn't have been bad economic outcomes here otherwise, but it's clear that they were going up against the CIA.
Not to say that there wouldn't have been bad economic outcomes here otherwise, but it's clear that they were going up against the CIA.