Pinochet's Economists: The Chicago School of Economics in Chile (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521064408)

This book tells the extraordinary story of the Pinochet regime's economists, known as the Chicago Boys. Following their training as economists at the University of Chicago, they took advantage of the opportunity afforded them by the 1973 military coup to launch the first radical free market strategy implemented in a developing country. The ideological strength of their mission and the military authoritarianism of General Pinochet combined to transform an economy that, following the return to democracy, has stabilized and is now seen as a model for Latin America.

Author: Juan Gabriel Valdes
ISBN-10: 0521064406
ISBN-13: 9780521064408
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/05/2008
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.14lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.79d