ABSTRACT
This chapter introduces Milton Friedman's urban theory, whose way to interpret a better society also had a spatial and urban form. Friedman was the mentor of the Chilean Chicago Boys, and it was Friedman himself who sent a letter to Pinochet clearly stating eight points to transform the Chilean economy, hence, his ideas about urban development are fundamental in understanding the current status of Santiago's urban phenomenon. Friedman justified the existence of monopolies in the private sector against state regulations. The chapter theorizes on the background to the urban decisions and phenomena that compose neoliberal Santiago, and which inform its urban development. In the case of neoliberalism, the excessive promotion of the individual's realisation undermines the collective value of urban life. The urbanisation processes represent a significant resource for entrepreneurial freedom in social development. Particular mode of urban design under neoliberalism resulted from what has been called the Chilean transition to democracy.
