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Any effort at understanding a process so large and complex as that which was experienced in Chile under the Unidad Popular (UP) Government requires careful reflection to ensure the theoretical approach needed in gaining scientific knowledge. Nothing could be more alien to such an effort than an apology for, or an accusation against, such an experience.
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ODEPLAN, Cuentas nationales de Chile 1960–71 [National Accounts of Chile 1960–71] (Santiago de Chile, 1971), 22-23.
CORFO, Datos básicos sector industrial manufacturero, período 1960–70 [Basic Data on the Industrial Manufacturing Sector for the 1960–70 Period] (Santiago de Chile, 1971), 9-10.
ODEPLAN, Antecedentes sobre el desarrollo chileno 1960–70 [Antecedents of Chilean Development from 1960 to 1970] (ODEPLAN, Series I, no. 1, Planes semestrales, Plan de la economía national 1971–76 [Half-Yearly Plans, Plan of the National Economy for 1971–76]) (Santiago de Chile, 1971).
ODEPLAN, Antecedentes sobre el desarrollo…, 155-157.
S. Bitar, ‘La presencia de la empresa extranjera en la industria chilena’ [The Presence of Foreign Enterprise in the Chilean Economy], Desarrollo económico [Economic Development], 150 (1973), 259 (Buenos Aires).
E. Acevado and H. Vergara, ‘Concentratión y capital extranjero en la industria chilena’ [Concentration and Foreign Capital in the Chilean Economy], Economía y administratión [Economy and Administration], 15 (1970) (Conceptión, Chile).
ODEPA, Plan de desarrollo agropecuario 1965–80 [Plan for Agricultural and Livestock Development from 1965 to 1980] (Santiago de Chile, Ministerio de Agricultura, 1970, Second Edition).
S. Barraclough, Diagnóstico de la reforma agraria chilena [Prognosis of Chilean Agrarian Reform] (Mexico City, Siglo XXI, 1974), 75.
Nevertheless, the problem of the middle classes involves much more than the economic behaviour of small and medium-sized producers. In this sense, the programme did not go far enough, but this will be discussed further from the political and economic viewpoint.
Because the candidate did not obtain an absolute majority, he had to be appointed by the National Congress.
These figures are taken from ODEPLAN, Antecedentes sobre el desarrollo…
‘Orientaciones básicas del programa económico de corto plazo’ [Basic Orientations of the Short-term Economic Program], a typed, confidential document that was presented by the UP team of experts to presidential candidate Salvador Allende in October 1970.
ODEPLAN, Plan anual 1971 [Annual Plan for 1971] (Santiago de Chile, 1971).
The World Bank, Special Report on the Chilean Economic Outlook (Washington D.C., October 1974), Vol. III.
An increase of 10% in industrial output required approximately $50 million from imports. See Comentarios sobre la situation económica (primer semestre 1973) [Statement on the Economic Situation (First Half of 1973)], Departamento de Economía, Universidad de Chile [Department of Economics, University of Chile] (Santiago de Chile, November 1973, Second Edition).
Covert Action in Chile, 1963–73. Staff Report of the Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities (Washington D.C., United States Senate, The U.S. Government Printing Office, 1975), 1.
Covert Action in Chile…, 1.
It could be argued that this was also due to the limited theoretical insight into this contradiction, which at that time existed among those responsible for the UP economic policy. [The Editor]
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Guardia, A., Martínez, A., Ramos, S. (1979). General Considerations on the Chilean Economic Structure. In: Sideri, S. (eds) Chile 1970–73: Economic Development and its International Setting. Institute of Social Studies, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-8902-6_2
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