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1 From its past and present. Chile is poised to provide a better future for its people: Introduction; The OECD route; A diverse and rich economic geography; Economic progress: contrasts, contradictions, and social needs; Features of the post-Pinochet democracy -- 2 A brief history: the role of authoritarian conditions and crises in shaping political and economic orders in Chile: Introduction; Enter Pinochet and his repressive military regime – and the free – market doctrine; Chile’s post-Pinochet democracy and the administrations of the concertación (Center-left) Coalition; Annex; The prevailing political system of Chile has emerged; The 1833 constitutional progression; The more liberal 1925 constitution extended representative; Pinochet’s constitutions of 1980; The latest “version2 of the constitution of 1980 -- 3 Cementing neoliberalism: a cultural revolution for the free market: Introduction; Free-market economics and other traditions; The complex relation between culture and the economy: From a market economy to a market society; Cultural contradictions; Private interest and collective action; The mass media and the narrowing of public debate; Concluding remarks -- 4 Economic growth and macroeconomic performance in the 1990s and 2000s under four concertación governments: Introduction; Burgeoning economic growth has also come with economic downsides; 1940-1985 versus 1986-2009: Chile’s growth; The 1986-1997 and 1998-2009 periods: Economic; Chilean growth In international perspective, Chilean growth: resource and environmental sustainability; Chile as leader in orthodox macroeconomics; Macroeconomics policies and performance under the concertación; Concluding remarks -- 5 The social record of the post-Pinochet administrations: Poverty declines but high inequality persists: Introduction; Declining poverty; yes, but to what extent?; The (qualified) success of poverty reduction – though; Growth, poverty, and inequality; The resilience of inequality during growth; The resilience of inequality in a democracy, Conclusion: the various factors explaining persistent inequality in Chile; Annex -- 6 The social policies of the 1990s and 2000s: neoliberalism tempered with social protection?: Introduction; The social policies of the 1990s; The social policies of the 2000s; Antipoverty efforts; Reforms in education; Health sector; Pension reforms; Labor legislation and unemployment insurance; Unemployment insurance; Levels of unionization; Concluding remarks -- 7 Concentration of economic power: the new elites of the super-rich, oligopolistic markets, and dual production structures: Introduction; Wealth concentration and the Chilean super-rich; Market concentration; Concentration and heterogeneity of the production structure; Empirical evidence of the heterogeneity of the Chilean -- 8 Limits to Chilean democracy and governance for capital: Introduction; Features of Chilean democracy after the Pinochet regime; Nonelected senators (1990-2005); Democracy, authoritarian cycles, and presidential crises; Governance for capital: perceptions indexes; The business and investment climate; Concluding remarks -- 9 Summary and issues for the future: Introduction; Economic and development institutions; Economic growth; Democracy and governance; New social contract: more political and economic democracy.