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"The Chicago Boys (c. 1970s) were a group of about 25 Chilean economists ... Journalist Greg Palast claims to have infiltrated this group" - It's not at all clear to me why it would be necessary or interesting to "infiltrate" a group of economists. Were they doing something illicit? - 3 january 2006
For what I know, they are/were not only constitued of chilean people, but more broadly young economists of the Chicago School of economics, headed by Milton Friedman, a significant number of them were coming from Chile through the Chile Project... but not all! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.203.179.196 ( talk) 19:29, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
As Greg Palast was not a Chilean economist and it seems clear that he did not work under the Pinochet administration, should his name be on a list of bona fide Chicago boys? - 12 October 2006
"..to create a free market economy and decentralize economic and ultimately political power". There is something wrong with this paragraph. You can create a free market economy etc. but you can't "create ... ultimately political power". 11th December 2006, Nstenberg
...It seems that the sentence reads 'to create a free market economy and decentralize...political power.'
Why is there a link to Jeffrey Sachs? Tcamps42 ( talk) 05:53, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
I have a problem with the sourcing in this article because it is so heavily reliant on Naomi Klein's "The shock doctrine", which is not in any way a peer reviewed, scholarly work. Indeed, Klein is not an economist or historian so much as a polemicist, and relying on this work is a bit like exclusively citing an Ann Coulter book for historical facts. I know the term 'Chicago boys' was in use before Klein hit the scene, does anyone know of a good, neutral source for the term? Bonewah ( talk) 19:58, 7 August 2010 (UTC)
SURE IT IS AN ENCYCLOPEDIA - if you want the accurate citations, why not cite what the individual BOYS actually said and actually did. At the moment the article is pretty sketchy on this.
I think books, papers, articles, etc on this subject have been written before Naomi Klein's book. I think they should be incorporated into the article, as to present a more detailed paper. Nothing against Klein, but I think the article leans to heavily on her book. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.170.233.8 ( talk) 20:12, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
I removed it, as it as it becomes quite clear that this is not only unsourced but also the biased view of someone involved. Brauchle studied at Chicago and in 1976, shortly after Pinochet's coup d'etat and the beginning of the reforms, was appointed Professor of Economics at the Universidad Catolica de Chile in Santiago, which used to be the "homebase" of the Chicago Boys.-- 95.33.116.225 ( talk) 21:17, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
This passage [As a result of those reforms, Chile is ranked as enjoying the highest level of economic freeodm in Latin America. [1] is being referenced by the Heritage Foundation is this institution reliable for this article? Likeminas ( talk) 23:46, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
References
This article relies heavily on one source, which is unreliable to the point where even its most sympathetic defender had to note that its author is "not an academic and cannot be judged as one"--i.e. it's not scholarship. I'm not an expert on economic history but it would be nice if those who are could add some reliable sources to this article (and end its reliance on an ideologue journalist's widely panned monograph.) Bkalafut ( talk) 03:51, 29 August 2011 (UTC)
It is said that the Ford Foundation was hijacked by the Rockefeller Foundation via Scull and Bones individuals. The Rockefeller dynasty - especially the latest headed by David Rockefeller have been involved in promoting global control via the family "pet projects" including the failed League of Nations, that morphed into United Nations (U.N.), The Council On Foreign Relations(CFR / Chatham House), Trilateral Commission et-al. Research into Operation Condor, which these "boys" had great influence. These economists are the worst type of socio-path when in collusion with tyrannical dictators. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.178.184.220 ( talk) 11:01, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
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Like other people have already said, this article relies heavily on Klein's book. A few sources go back to Democracy Now, which I understand has had its reliability called into question. Anyone have any ideas for sources with a more balanced view? — Preceding unsigned comment added by No Relation Wayne ( talk • contribs) 21:07, 22 January 2018 (UTC)
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"The Chicago Boys (c. 1970s) were a group of about 25 Chilean economists ... Journalist Greg Palast claims to have infiltrated this group" - It's not at all clear to me why it would be necessary or interesting to "infiltrate" a group of economists. Were they doing something illicit? - 3 january 2006
For what I know, they are/were not only constitued of chilean people, but more broadly young economists of the Chicago School of economics, headed by Milton Friedman, a significant number of them were coming from Chile through the Chile Project... but not all! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.203.179.196 ( talk) 19:29, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
As Greg Palast was not a Chilean economist and it seems clear that he did not work under the Pinochet administration, should his name be on a list of bona fide Chicago boys? - 12 October 2006
"..to create a free market economy and decentralize economic and ultimately political power". There is something wrong with this paragraph. You can create a free market economy etc. but you can't "create ... ultimately political power". 11th December 2006, Nstenberg
...It seems that the sentence reads 'to create a free market economy and decentralize...political power.'
Why is there a link to Jeffrey Sachs? Tcamps42 ( talk) 05:53, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
I have a problem with the sourcing in this article because it is so heavily reliant on Naomi Klein's "The shock doctrine", which is not in any way a peer reviewed, scholarly work. Indeed, Klein is not an economist or historian so much as a polemicist, and relying on this work is a bit like exclusively citing an Ann Coulter book for historical facts. I know the term 'Chicago boys' was in use before Klein hit the scene, does anyone know of a good, neutral source for the term? Bonewah ( talk) 19:58, 7 August 2010 (UTC)
SURE IT IS AN ENCYCLOPEDIA - if you want the accurate citations, why not cite what the individual BOYS actually said and actually did. At the moment the article is pretty sketchy on this.
I think books, papers, articles, etc on this subject have been written before Naomi Klein's book. I think they should be incorporated into the article, as to present a more detailed paper. Nothing against Klein, but I think the article leans to heavily on her book. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.170.233.8 ( talk) 20:12, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
I removed it, as it as it becomes quite clear that this is not only unsourced but also the biased view of someone involved. Brauchle studied at Chicago and in 1976, shortly after Pinochet's coup d'etat and the beginning of the reforms, was appointed Professor of Economics at the Universidad Catolica de Chile in Santiago, which used to be the "homebase" of the Chicago Boys.-- 95.33.116.225 ( talk) 21:17, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
This passage [As a result of those reforms, Chile is ranked as enjoying the highest level of economic freeodm in Latin America. [1] is being referenced by the Heritage Foundation is this institution reliable for this article? Likeminas ( talk) 23:46, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
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This article relies heavily on one source, which is unreliable to the point where even its most sympathetic defender had to note that its author is "not an academic and cannot be judged as one"--i.e. it's not scholarship. I'm not an expert on economic history but it would be nice if those who are could add some reliable sources to this article (and end its reliance on an ideologue journalist's widely panned monograph.) Bkalafut ( talk) 03:51, 29 August 2011 (UTC)
It is said that the Ford Foundation was hijacked by the Rockefeller Foundation via Scull and Bones individuals. The Rockefeller dynasty - especially the latest headed by David Rockefeller have been involved in promoting global control via the family "pet projects" including the failed League of Nations, that morphed into United Nations (U.N.), The Council On Foreign Relations(CFR / Chatham House), Trilateral Commission et-al. Research into Operation Condor, which these "boys" had great influence. These economists are the worst type of socio-path when in collusion with tyrannical dictators. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.178.184.220 ( talk) 11:01, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
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Like other people have already said, this article relies heavily on Klein's book. A few sources go back to Democracy Now, which I understand has had its reliability called into question. Anyone have any ideas for sources with a more balanced view? — Preceding unsigned comment added by No Relation Wayne ( talk • contribs) 21:07, 22 January 2018 (UTC)
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