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El pensamiento económico de los ingenieros chilenos: la electrificación como facilitadora del desarrollo (1935-1956)
[The Economic Thinking of Chilean Engineers: Electrification as an Enabler of Development (1935-1956)]

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  • Adriana Calcagno

    (CNRS, CIRED, ERC-ETRANHET)

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Este artículo estudia el pensamiento económico de los ingenieros chilenos que idearon e implementaron los planes de electrificación del país a partir de 1939. Muestra que estos profesionales formularon un pensamiento complejo sobre el desarrollo económico, en el que la electrificación era un elemento indispensable (pero no suficiente) para el desarrollo económico y social de Chile. Vincularon la ingeniería (eléctrica), la economía y la política al abordar los numerosos desafíos que implicaba desarrollar una infraestructura eléctrica robusta y duradera que impulsara el desarrollo industrial del país y mejorara el nivel de vida de la población.

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  • Adriana Calcagno, 2026. "El pensamiento económico de los ingenieros chilenos: la electrificación como facilitadora del desarrollo (1935-1956) [The Economic Thinking of Chilean Engineers: Electrification as an Enabler of Development (1935-1956)]," Iberian Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Dpto. Historia e Instituciones Económicas I., vol. 13(1), pages 91-104.
    • Handle: RePEc:ucm:ijohet:v:13:y:2026:i:1:p:91-104
    DOI: 10.5209/ijhe.104626
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    • B2 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought since 1925
    • O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
    • Q3 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Nonrenewable Resources and Conservation

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