ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CHILE

WHAT IS IT, HOW WE HAVE PERFORMED, HOW TO IMPROVE THE ACHIEVEMENTS

Authors

  • Ricardo Ffrench-Davis Universidad de Chile

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22370/pe.2023.15.4016

Keywords:

economic development, growth, productive investment, employment, inequality, neoliberalism, inclusion, macroeconomics for development, productive development policies

Abstract

In this essay I make a brief account of what economic development consists of; its effects and its sources. I expose the strong ups and downs in Chile’s degree of progress from 1973 to the present, and outline how progress could be made from the current level of development of the national economy. I illustrate this with some proposals for public policy reforms to prioritize and coordinate, to recover growth sustainability and reinforce inclusion. Along the way, I show how two beliefs shared in certain sectors are mere beliefs, without real support: a supposed success of the dictatorship in achieving sustainable growth and development, and the belief that a single economic model ruled in the “30 or 50 years.”

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Author Biography

Ricardo Ffrench-Davis, Universidad de Chile

Premio Nacional de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales. Facultad de Economía y Negocios, Universidad de Chile

References

FFRENCH-DAVIS, R., Reformas Económicas en Chile, 1973-2017 (Taurus, 2018).

FFRENCH-DAVIS, R., La Pandemia Neoliberal. Hacia una Economía al Servicio de la Gente (Taurus, 2022).

Published

2023-12-26

How to Cite

Ffrench-Davis, R. (2023). ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CHILE: WHAT IS IT, HOW WE HAVE PERFORMED, HOW TO IMPROVE THE ACHIEVEMENTS. Economic Profiles, (15). https://doi.org/10.22370/pe.2023.15.4016

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Section

Artículos: Dossier 50 años de Economía chilena entre Dictadura y Democracia