A Brief History of Los Chicago Boys in Chile (and Latin America)
On September 11, 1973, a coup overthrew the democratically elected Chilean president, Salvador Allende. This marked the beginning of the Pinochet dictatorship and up to that date, Los Chicago Boys wrote out the 500 page plan that became known as the brick. The economic plan for the new regime. Then throughout the dictatorship, Pinochet elevated Chicago boys to higher positons. But who were they, how did it start? In this episode, Cristina tells Carmen about the Chicago Boys, the School of Chicago and their ties to right wing dictatorships in Latin America.
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Sources:
The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Boys
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_school_of_economics
https://www.promarket.org/2021/09/12/chicago-boys-chile-friedman-neoliberalism/
https://americasquarterly.org/article/fifty-years-on-the-chicago-boys-remain-difficult-to-discuss/
https://thebeautifultruth.org/the-basics/what-is-the-friedman-doctrine/
https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2014/09/basics.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Friedman
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shock_therapy_(economics)
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