An experiment in agony

The Chile Project: The Story of the Chicago Boys and the Downfall of Neoliberalism, Sebastian Edwards, 2023, Princeton University Press

One of the most interesting debates about the explosion in popularity of neoliberalism as an intellectual trend in the 1970s concerns not the ideological right, but the left.

As Sebastian Edwards notes, and is often overlooked, the . . .

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Categories: Chile, North America, South America, United States

Gavin O'Toole

I've spent much of my career in journalism and newspaper production: worked as a sub-editor and in other production roles at major UK newspapers including the Financial Times, The Guardian, The Observer and the Daily Telegraph / Sunday Telegraph. Covering business, finance, regulation, Latin American affairs and more. As a journalist and freelance writer I've contributed to many publications: work appears in outlets such as Al Jazeera, Public Finance, Global Government Forum, among others. Also an an award-winning writer of short stories and novelist. 

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