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This book tells the extraordinary story of the Pinochet regime's economists, known as the "Chicago Boys". It explores the roots of their ideas and their sense of mission, following their training as economists at the Department of Economics at the University of Chicago. After their return to Chile, the "Chicago Boys" 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. This book, written by a political scientist, examines the neo-liberal economists and their perspective on the market. It also narrates the history of the transfer of ideas from the industrialized world to a developing country, which will be of particular interest to economists.

Con un rico y variado trabajo de archivos, donde caben desde libros de teoría y artículos de prensa hasta entrevistas y correspondencia privada, Juan Gabriel Valdés realiza una formidable disección del neoliberalismo. Se remonta a los años cincuenta, cuando un pequeño grupo de economistas partió a la Universidad de Chicago y, tras varios años confinado en la academia, supo aprovechar la oportunidad que significó la dictadura militar para modificar por completo el modelo económico en Chile. Sus protagonistas, el sentido de misión casi religiosa que profesaban y el articulado plan de capacitación fraguado desde Estados Unidos, son algunos de los temas que Valdés aborda con una mirada crítica extraordinaria y sosegada. Los economistas de Pinochet es traducido al español por primera vez en forma íntegra.

This book tells the extraordinary story of the Pinochet regime's economists, known as the "Chicago Boys". It explores the roots of their ideas and their sense of mission, following their training as economists at the Department of Economics at the University of Chicago. After their return to Chile, the "Chicago Boys" 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. This book, written by a political scientist, examines the neo-liberal economists and their perspective on the market. It also narrates the history of the transfer of ideas from the industrialized world to a developing country, which will be of particular interest to economists.

La reveladora biografía de un periodista controversial, imprescindible para nuestro presente político

Con un rico y variado trabajo de archivos, donde caben desde libros de teoría y artículos de prensa hasta entrevistas y correspondencia privada, Juan Gabriel Valdés realiza una formidable disección del neoliberalismo. Se remonta a los años cincuenta, cuando un pequeño grupo de economistas partió a la Universidad de Chicago y, tras varios años confinado en la academia, supo aprovechar la oportunidad que significó la dictadura militar para modificar por completo el modelo económico en Chile. Sus protagonistas, el sentido de misión casi religiosa que profesaban y el articulado plan de capacitación fraguado desde Estados Unidos, son algunos de los temas que Valdés aborda con una mirada crítica extraordinaria y sosegada. Los economistas de Pinochet es traducido al español por primera vez en forma íntegra.

This publication evaluates the key economic, social and political developments in the Latin American and Caribbean region during the 1990s, a period of transition and reorientation,. It was marked by instances of progress, stagnation and reverses, with the speed of progress variable between countries and sectors. Chapters discuss: the global and regional context, macroeconomic performance, structure and performance of good-producing sectors, infrastructure service sectors, social sectors, sustainable development, economic and social performance, and the restructuring of national territories.