José Piñera

The pension privatiser

Architect of market reform under the regime.

Traditional Pinochetist →

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Governance+90

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The Harvard-trained 'Chicago Boy' who privatised Chile's pensions and labour markets — the technocratic face of free-market reform delivered under dictatorship.

social

Free-market traditionalist.

economic

Designed Chile's privatised pension and labour systems.

governance

Implemented radical reform within an authoritarian state.

Notable for

Privatised Chile's pension system
Labour-market reform
Leading 'Chicago Boy'

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