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Rethinking Chile’s ‘Chicago Boys’: neoliberal technocrats or revolutionary vanguard?

2017; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 38; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/01436597.2016.1268906

1360-2241

Timothy David Clark,

Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America

The term 'Chicago Boys' remains closely associated with the orthodox neoliberal adjustment implemented in Chile by the Pinochet dictatorship. The conventional portrayal of the Chicago Boys is of a group of US-trained, technocratic economists who institutionalised neoliberal principles and technocratic prerogatives in public policymaking in Chile. This article will contend the Chicago Boys were much more than neoliberal technocrats: they were a revolutionary vanguard that designed and led a capitalist revolution and radically altered the material and ideological foundations of the nation.