 He takes pride in the work they have done to advance sound economic policy in many countries over many decades.He has been criticized for giving economic advice to some authoritarian governments in Latin America.In the case of Chile, Harberger's influence on the "free-market" reforms undertaken by the Pinochet regime (after the failure of its initial policies of direct economic control) was solely through former students of his, dubbed the Chicago Boys by commentators, who had agreed to work in that government to address the ongoing economic crisis.