The Chicago Boys’ shock program reached Pinochet through Admiral Kelly in 1975.

Evidence

It has been reported that it was Kelly who recommended the neoliberal shock program to Pinochet in 1975 (Fontaine 1988; Arriagada 1998). The Monday Club developed an economic reform program, which eventually gained fame as “El ladrillo,” or “the brick” (CEP 1992). It was implemented after 1975 when the radical market fraction within the Pinochet junta achieved control over economic policy making. — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1564

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the broader literature on Pinochet’s 1975 shock treatment (Klein, Naomi’s ‘The Shock Doctrine’ origin story) and to Chile as the first test site of the neoliberal network. — connects to: Chicago-school economists delivered a shock-treatment blueprint to Pinochet’s coup regime within days — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market: Human Rights…, 322; Chicago economists trained under a US aid program shaped Pinochet’s reforms — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion: Reinventing Free…, 516; Chicago-trained economists filled key Chilean ministries under Pinochet — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 1624

Broader Connections

• Chicago economists trained under a US aid program shaped Pinochet’s reforms #expands (0.85) — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion, 516
• Chicago-trained economists filled key Chilean ministries under Pinochet #expands (0.80) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1624