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    Painful Birth: How Chile Became a Free and Prosperous Society
    Painful Birth: How Chile Became a Free and Prosperous Society
    Painful Birth: How Chile Became a Free and Prosperous Society
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    Painful Birth: How Chile Became a Free and Prosperous Society

    By James Rolph Edwards

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    Painful Birth is the astounding story of how Chile narrowly escaped becoming a Leninist/Stalinist slave state in the early 1970s and over a relatively short historic period was transformed into the near paragon of freedom and prosperity that it is today. The book not only narrates the events but also explains the economic policies, institutional transformation, and ideological change involved. Painful Birth provides an invaluable case study in economic growth, international relations, political ideologies, and Latin American development.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRowmanLittlefield
    Release dateDec 16, 2012
    ISBN9780761860006
    Painful Birth: How Chile Became a Free and Prosperous Society

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