Chile con Chicago: A Review Essay
1995; American Economic Association; Volume: 33; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
2328-8175
Autores Tópico(s)Economic Theory and Institutions
ResumoIn this article, the book written by Juan Gabriel Valdes - entitled Economists: The School in - serves as a point of departure. Valdes's account of the way in which University of economists came to be linked with the Catholic University in Chile in the mid-1950s is summarized, as is his characterization of the manner in which Chilean Chicago Boys subsequently won control of the economics faculty there. The centerpiece of Valdes's story is the behavior of the Chicago Boys in restructuring Chile's economy in the service of General Pinochet's military dictatorship (1973-89). The article concludes that Valdes's treatment of two additional themes - the cross-cultural transmission of economic ideas and the capacity of School economists to accommodate to authoritarian regimes - calls for qualification.
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