Economic Reforms in Chile
From Dictatorship to Democracy
2nd Edition
Published on 4. December 2015
XIII, 306 pages
978-0-230-28965-9 (ISBN)
Description
This book provides an in-depth analysis of neo-liberal and progressive economic reforms and policies implemented in Chile since the Pinochet dictatorship. The core thesis of the book is that there is not just 'one Chilean economic model', but that several have been in force since the coup of 1973.
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Series
Edition
2nd ed. 2010
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
XIII, 306 p.
File size
1,04 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-230-28965-9 (9780230289659)
DOI
10.1057/9780230289659
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Person
RICARDO FFRENCH-DAVIS is Professor of Economics at the University of Chile. He has a PHD from the Univeristy of Chicago and he was Former Principal Adviser of ECLAC, Co-founder of the Chilean think tank CIEPLAN, and Chief Economist of the Central Bank. He has represented Presidents Lagos and Bachelet in the International Initiative to Fight Hunger and Poverty, and was awarded the National Prize for the Humanities and Social Sciences in 2005.
Content
Preface PART I: AN ACCOUNT OF ONE-THIRD OF A CENTURY Economic Development in Chile since the 1970s Import Liberalization in 1973-82 Domestic Financial Liberalization and External Debt in the 1970s: Building a Mayor Crisis PART II: ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND THE HERITAGE OF THE DICTATORSHIP, 1982-89 Policy Rectifications and Recovery from the Debt Crisis, 1982-89 Export Development During the 1980s PART III: CHALLENGES FOR DEMOCRACY Export Dynamism and Economic Growth since the 1990s Income Distribution and Poverty since the 1970s Managing Capital Inflows in the Nineties Economic Policy after the 1999 Recession
