Chicago Boys

Region: Chile

A black-and-white portrait of a man in a formal military uniform with a sash and medals. — Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Chile, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0 cl)

After the coup against Salvador Allende, the Chicago Boys carried out a radical neoliberal program in Chile that aggressively exploited natural resources, collapsed local industries under import competition, and privatized water, a model Pinochet applied before Thatcher followed.

This extractive mentality went into overdrive following the coup against Salvador Allende, when the "Chicago Boys" implemented their radical neoliberal blueprint. Natural resources were aggressively exploited, local industries collapsed under waves of imports, and essential elements like water were privatized, a move Pinochet pioneered before Thatcher followed suit.

In the framework

Capitalocene · concept
Parasitism · relation

In the book

Chapter 3, section 023 · Chile's Crossroads: Environmental Reckoning and Design's Untapped Potential

Examples