Chicago Boys

Chicago Boys

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2015-11-08

The economists behind the implementation of the most extreme capitalist system in the world observe with surprise the discontent of its countrymen. For the first time, they tell the story of how they became Milton Friedman's students in Chicago in the 1950s and what were they willing to do to pursue their extreme economic ideas, aided by Pinochet's dictatorship in the 70s. Unseen images and testimonies that allow us to understand the historic process that transformed the Chilean people and Chile in the country that it is today, an image of success and discontent.

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The economists behind the implementation of the most extreme capitalist system in the world observe with surprise the discontent of its countrymen. For the first time, they tell the story of how they became Milton Friedman's students in Chicago in the 1950s and what were they willing to do to pursue their extreme economic ideas, aided by Pinochet's dictatorship in the 70s. Unseen images and testimonies that allow us to understand the historic process that transformed the Chilean people and Chile in the country that it is today, an image of success and discontent.

Released

2015-11-08

Runtime

85

Director

Rafael Valdeavellano

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Genres

Documentary

Language

Español

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    Joaquín Lavín

    Joaquín Lavín
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    Jaime Guzmán

    Jaime Guzmán
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    Salvador Allende

    Salvador Allende
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    Patricio Aylwin

    Patricio Aylwin
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    Augusto Pinochet

    Augusto Pinochet
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    Michelle Bachelet

    Michelle Bachelet
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    Sebastián Piñera

    Sebastián Piñera