Did the Chicago Boys suggest torture?

Answer 1

The Chicago Boys, a group of Chilean economists trained under Milton Friedman, did not explicitly advocate for torture. However, their neoliberal policies during the Dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet were implemented alongside severe human rights abuses, including torture. While their economic ideas focused on free markets and deregulation, the political context of their implementation was marked by repression, leading some to associate their theories with the regime's violent tactics.