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Chicago Boy

Chicago Boy noun: any of a group of Chilean economists prominent around the 1970s and 1980s, the majority of whom trained at the Department of Economics of the University of Chicago under Milton Friedman and Arnold Harberger, or at its affiliate in the economics department at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.

Noun

Chicago Boy (plural Chicago Boys)

  1. (historical, in plural) Any of a group of Chilean economists prominent around the 1970s and 1980s, the majority of whom trained at the Department of Economics of the University of Chicago under Milton Friedman and Arnold Harberger, or at its affiliate in the economics department at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.
    • The Chicago Boys label came from the fact that Mr. Baraona and several others who drafted and managed the program to turn Chile away from statism studied economics at the University of Chicago and became disciples of Milton Friedman's free-market faith.1990 October 8, Shirley Christian, “Free-Market Lessons Of Chile's 'Chicago Boys'”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
    • Eventually things got so bad that Pinochet was forced to respond by firing many of the Chicago Boys and renationalising many of the privatised companies and banks.2017, Jason Hickel, “The Chile Experiment”, in The Divide […] , London: William Heinemann, →ISBN

Forms of Chicago Boy

pluralChicago Boys

Questions about Chicago Boy

What does Chicago Boy mean?
Chicago Boy means any of a group of Chilean economists prominent around the 1970s and 1980s, the majority of whom trained at the Department of Economics of the University of Chicago under Milton Friedman and Arnold Harberger, or at its affiliate in the economics department at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.
What part of speech is Chicago Boy?
Chicago Boy is a noun.
What is the plural of Chicago Boy?
The plural of Chicago Boy is Chicago Boys.

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