"Chicago Boy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Chicago Boys [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=Chicago Boy}} Chicago Boy (plural Chicago Boys)
  1. (economics, historical, chiefly in the 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. Wikipedia link: Chicago Boys Tags: historical, in-plural Categories (topical): Economics

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