Bio

Bio

I am a political economist and doctoral candidate at UMass Amherst, researching the geographically uneven development of global capitalism from a comparative-relational approach in historical perspective. My work bridges classical political economy and contemporary state theory, with special focus on Latin America at the shadow of U.S. Imperialism. I build datasets, formal models, and digital archives—not just to understand history, but to contribute on transformating the present.

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## Publications & Work in Progress

### Recent Work in Progress
- **Polanco, D.** (2025). *Demand and Accumulation in Long-Run Capitalist Development: Unbalanced Growth and Crisis.* **Job Market Paper.** [Link](https://drive.google.com/file/d/11r5-6VNUzZ5Qftlokly3hdZKH9-fTWrm/view?usp=sharing)
- **Polanco, D.** (2025). *The Ideological Embeddedness of Macroeconomic Indexes: Capacity Utilization in the Rise and Fall of American Keynesianism.* *Working Paper.* [Link](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JKvF1DV6mJRSzjMhZTP4eNrjHLGE54Ew/view?usp=sharing)
- **Polanco, D.** (2025). *Reconstructing Capital Stocks for Chile, 1901-1994: A Stock-Flow Consistent Approach.* *Working Paper.* [Link](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TV2dgbvnD9ZEQAfukpAmbF45cQ66UNst/view?usp=sharing)

### Peer-Reviewed Publications
- **Polanco, D.** & Mendez, C. (2021). "Nostalgia for the Light: Astronomy, History and Data Science." *Cuadernos de Beauchef*, 5(1). (In Spanish) [Link](https://revistasdex.uchile.cl/index.php/cdb/article/view/3358/3286)
- **Polanco, D.** & Osorio, S. (2021). "Capital Accumulation Regime and Rural-Urban Transition in Chile's Developmental State (1933-1973): A Contribution to Chilean Historiography from Heterodox Economics." *Revista Izquierdas*, 50. (In Spanish) [Link](https://www.izquierdas.cl/images/pdf/2021/n50/dossier2.pdf)
- Puga, I., **Polanco, D.**, & Corvalan, D. (2015). "Segregation in Teacher Education and Its Role in the Social Reproduction of Inequality." *Calidad en la Educacion*, 43 (Dec.). (In Spanish) [Link](http://www.scielo.cl/pdf/caledu/n43/art03.pdf)

### Book Chapters
- Morales, A. M., Figueroa, U., Hurtado, M. T., Ortiz, P., **Polanco, D.**, & Munoz, N. (2019). "Social Exclusion of Incarcerated Individuals." In Contesse, J. & Contreras, L. (Eds.), *The Unsustainable Situation of Prisons in Chile: Debate on Prison and Human Rights*, pp. 15-56. Editorial Juridica de Chile. (In Spanish) [Link](https://www.librotecnia.cl/sitioweb/producto_detalle2266)

### Other Publications
- Osorio, S. & **Polanco, D.** (2021). "Brief N2: Union Affiliation Rates and Average Sizes in Chile, 1932-2010." *Union Statistics Repository.* (In Spanish) [Repository](https://repositoriosindical.netlify.app/)
- **Polanco, D.** (2019). "The Profit Rate in Chile: 1900-2010." *UMass Amherst Economics Department Working Paper Series*, No. 2019-17. [Link](https://scholarworks.umass.edu/entities/publication/ed045e66-6540-446a-9f0a-adf3dde9bd0d)
- Berlien, K., Franken, H., Pavez, P., **Polanco, D.**, & Varela, P. (2016). "Participation of Women in the Chilean Economy." Subsecretaria de Economia y Empresas de Menor Tamano - Isonoma Consultorias Sociales Ltda. (In Spanish) [Link](https://www.economia.gob.cl/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Estudio-Incorporacion-Mujer-.pdf)