Chicago Boys

7.6
20151h 25m

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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Photo of Joaquín Lavín

Joaquín Lavín

Self - Minister of Social Development. Chicago Boy '79

Photo of Jaime Guzmán

Jaime Guzmán

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Salvador Allende

Salvador Allende

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Patricio Aylwin

Patricio Aylwin

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Augusto Pinochet

Augusto Pinochet

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Michelle Bachelet

Michelle Bachelet

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Sebastián Piñera

Sebastián Piñera

Self (archive footage)

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