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[edit] Why "infiltrated"?

"The Chicago Boys (c. 1970s) were a group of about 25 Chilean economists ... Journalist Greg Palast claims to have infiltrated this group" - It's not at all clear to me why it would be necessary or interesting to "infiltrate" a group of economists. Were they doing something illicit? - 3 january 2006

Since the Chicago Boys were not even an organization as such, it is impossible to infiltrate them. I have removed the statement

[edit] Greg Palast a chicago boy?

As Greg Palast was not a Chilean economist and it seems clear that he did not work under the Pinochet administration, should his name be on a list of bona fide Chicago boys? - 12 October 2006

[edit] "political power"?

"..to create a free market economy and decentralize economic and ultimately political power". There is something wrong with this paragraph. You can create a free market economy etc. but you can't "create ... ultimately political power". 11th December 2006, Nstenberg

...It seems that the sentence reads 'to create a free market economy and decentralize...political power.'