Andrés Solimano and Gabriela Zapata-Román, Chilean Economic Development under Neoliberalism: Structural Transformation, High Inequality and Environmental Fragility (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024), pp. 80.

Puntos clave

• To explore how neoliberal policies have shaped economic development in Chile, particularly regarding structural transformations and their socio-environmental consequences.
• Case study of Chilean economic policies under neoliberalism
• Analysis of structural changes in the economy
• Evaluation of inequality and environmental outcomes
• Identified significant structural transformations within the economy
• Highlighted high levels of income inequality and its persistence
• Documented environmental fragility as a consequence of neoliberal economic practices