Essays and Articles:

  Chile
  

"Cracked showcase," Forbes, December 7, 1981. "Chile’s economy, held up as a beacon of University of Chicago monetarism, enjoyed a boom on other people’s money—and is paying for it now." Chile’s banking crisis forces the central bank to assume control of many private banks.
 

"How the Chicago Boys Fought 1,000% Inflation." Chile’s critics say that bayonets lowered inflation there. Disinterested experts point to monetary policy. But University of Chicago economist Arnold Harberger argues the real weapons used by his former pupils were fierce cuts in government spending and tariffs. Forbes, March 31, 1980. Taped interview with Arnold Harberger. Longer Portuguese version published in Jornal do Brasil, (Caderno Especial), August 24, 1980.
 

"Chile: Hard Times." The New York Times Book Review, July 1, 1973. A review essay on the political and economic crisis under Allende.
 

Copper Is the Wage of Chile. American Universities Field Staff Reports, West Coast South American Series, Vol. XIX, No. 3, 1972. An abridged version of this essay was published in Dissent, Winter 1973. An on-the-scene analysis of the problems arising from nationalization at the great Chuquicamata copper mine in northern Chile under the Allende regime.
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The Agrarian Revolt In Cautin. Part I: Chile’s Mapuches. Part II: Land Reform and the MIR. American Universities Field Staff Reports, West Coast South America Series, Vol. XIX, 4 & 5, 1972. A month of reporting and interviewing in the southern province of Cautin in 1972, with historical, economic and demographic background on the Mapuche Indians in revolt. 
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Births, Abortions and the Progress of Chile. American Universities Field Staff Reports, West Coast South America Series, Vol. XIX, No. 2, 1972. The politicial crisis in Chile’s birth control program, with taped interview with women who have practiced abortion many times.
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"The Chileans Have Elected a Revolution", The New York Times Magazine, November 1, 1970. Chile after the election of President Salvador Allende, a Marxist-Leninist, with lengthy interview with Allende.
 

"Chile Goes to the Polls", The New Leader, March 1, 1965, p. 12. A detailed analysis of the 1965 Congressional elections.
 

Eight articles from Chile for the The Washington Post. November-December, 1964.
 

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