7 The Birth of a Neoliberal Regime: The Seven Modernizations and the New Constitution

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. List of Tables xi
5. Timeline xiii
6. Dramatis Personae xix
7. The Chile Project
8. Introduction 1
9. Part I. The Early Years
10. 1 Exporting Capitalism: The Origins of the Chicago Boys 27
11. 2 The Chicago Boys in the Ivory Tower 37
12. 3 Salvador Allende’s Thousand Days of Socialism and the Chicago Boys, 1970–1973 50
13. Part II. The Chicago Boys and the Pinochet Dictatorship, 1973–1990
14. 4 Augusto Pinochet’s Coup and the Chicago Boys’ Reform Program 71
15. 5 Milton Friedman’s 1975 Visit and the Shock Treatment 93
16. 6 Market Reforms and the Struggle for Power, 1975–1981 111
17. 7 The Birth of a Neoliberal Regime: The Seven Modernizations and the New Constitution 123
18. 8 Milton Friedman and the Currency Crisis of 1982 136
19. 9 The Second Round of Reforms, 1983–1990: Pragmatic Neoliberalism 154
20. Part III. Neoliberalism under Democratic Rule, 1990–2022
21. 10 The Return of Democracy and Inclusive Neoliberalism 177
22. 11 Staying Neoliberal 188
23. 12 Grievances, Abuses, Complaints, and Protests 208
24. 13 The Distributive Struggle 221
25. 14 Broken Promises: Pensions and the Revolt 236
26. 15 The Constitutional Convention and the Election of Gabriel Boric 253
27. 16 The End of Neoliberalism? 270
28. Acknowledgments 279
29. Appendix: The Origins of Neoliberalism and the Chile Project 283
30. Notes 293
31. Bibliography and Archival Sources 313
32. Index 329