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The richest country literature in Latin America, because the Chicago Boys experiment, the privatised pension system and the 2019-22 backlash are all documented.

7 books

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  1. The Chile Project: The Story of the Chicago Boys and the Downfall of NeoliberalismSebastian Edwards, 2023
  2. Pinochet's Economists: The Chicago School in ChileJuan Gabriel Valdés, 1995
  3. Privatizing PensionsMitchell A. Orenstein, 2008

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Pinochet's Economists: The Chicago School in
T2 Pinochet's Economists: The Chicago School in Chile
Juan Gabriel Valdés · 1995 · How an economics faculty exchange programme became a national policy regime.
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The Chile Project: The Story of the Chicago
T2 The Chile Project: The Story of the Chicago Boys and the Downfall of Neoliberalism
Sebastian Edwards · 2023 · Best single volume: the reforms, the 1982 crash, the pension system and the reaction against it.
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The Chilean Economy: Policy Lessons and Chal
T3 The Chilean Economy: Policy Lessons and Challenges
Barry P. Bosworth, Rudiger Dornbusch, Raúl Labán · 1994 · Brookings assessment of the reform package by economists who took it seriously.
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Chile's Free-Market Miracle: A Second Look
T3 Chile's Free-Market Miracle: A Second Look
Joseph Collins, John Lear · 1995 · The critical case; distributional costs behind the headline growth numbers.
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Chile: The Great Transformation
T3 Chile: The Great Transformation
Javier Martínez, Alvaro Díaz · 1996 · How the productive structure and business class were remade after 1973.
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Privatizing Pensions
T3 Privatizing Pensions
Mitchell A. Orenstein · 2008 · How Chile's AFP model was exported worldwide, and who profited.
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Copper Workers, International Business, and
T4 Copper Workers, International Business, and Domestic Politics in Cold War Chile
Angela Vergara · 2008 · The copper enclave before nationalisation: labour, Anaconda and Kennecott.
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