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Sebastian Edwards on the History of Neoliberalism in Chile

Democracy Paradox

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The Chicago Boys: The Unsun Heroes of Economics

The School of Economics and Management at the Catholic University was very low quality in terms of academic. And it was almost like a trade school where sort of the aspiration of neither graduates was to become custom agents. One of the final exams was to be able blindfolded to recognize the different types of textiles. The first Jewish student that enrolled into that program eventually went to Chicago and ended up joining the faculty at Harvard.

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