Diagnósticos alternativos sobre la crisis de confianza

Harald Beyer ()
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Harald Beyer: Centro de Estudios Públicos, Santiago

Estudios Públicos, 2016, issue 140, 107-136

Abstract: In recent years, the intense debate on the public policies that the country needs has gone hand-in-hand with an assessment about the population’s mood. This excercise has led to the idea that there is a widespread “malaise” in Chile. That assessment has also been used to justify the need of deep changes in the Chilean model of development. This essay aims to question that interpretation. It argues that the crisis of confidence is not synonymous of the so-called “malaise”. In addition, this phenomenon is not comprehensive, but rather related to specific aspects whose weaknesses do need to be addressed, but which do not have us on the edge of an institutional crisis. Lastly, it argues that no conclusion can be reached, on the basis of citizens’ unease, as to which public policies are most appropriate to satisfying those needs.

Keywords: unrest; crisis of confidence; political crisis; economic development; modernization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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