El ladrillo

Economic history of Chile

Colonial times Real Situado Hacienda Encomienda Alerce logging Century of wheat Bourbon reforms

Early republic Chilean silver rush Chilean wheat cycle Long depression in Chile

The Saltpeter Republic Saltpeter War Tierra del Fuego gold rush Meat riots

Internal growth era Copper mining during WWII CORFO ECLAC Chilean land reform Nationalization of copper Vuskovic plan

Return of liberalism Chicago Boys El ladrillo Crisis of 1982 Miracle of Chile Asian crisis 2004 energy crisis

El ladrillo (English: The Brick) is a text considered the base of the economic policies followed by the military dictatorship that ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990. El ladrillo was finished just a few weeks before the 1973 Chilean coup d'etat but became known to the public only in 1992. Economist Sergio de Castro played a pivotal role in shaping the text and wrote the prologue himself.