Reseña del libro: Desarrollo y desigualdad en Chile (1850-2009): historia de su economía política, de Javier Rodríguez Weber

Abstract

This book challenges the linearity of economic analysis in two important aspects. In thefirst place, in economics, historical series are usually de-seasonalized using specializedfilters that try to extract short-term events from the analysis by making ‘soft’ series thatindicate trends. The same applies in the study of inequality. This book, on the other hand, analyses the dynamics of historical processes as a result of the combination of multiple temporality factors, long term, short term, and particular events. In addition, the methodology captures interactions between inequality and social, economic, political,and institutional transformations and the particular historical processes.

This book challenges the linearity of economic analysis in two important aspects. In thefirst place, in economics, historical series are usually de-seasonalized using specializedfilters that try to extract short-term events from the analysis by making ‘soft’ series thatindicate trends. The same applies in the study of inequality. This book, on the other hand, analyses the dynamics of historical processes as a result of the combination of multiple temporality factors, long term, short term, and particular events. In addition, the methodology captures interactions between inequality and social, economic, political,and institutional transformations and the particular historical processes.