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.

Research

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
  • Polanco, D. (2025). The Ideological Embeddedness of Macroeconomic Indexes: Capacity Utilization in the Rise and Fall of American Keynesianism. Working Paper. Link
  • Polanco, D. (2025). Reconstructing Capital Stocks for Chile, 1901-1994: A Stock-Flow Consistent Approach. Working Paper. Link

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
  • 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
  • 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

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

### 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
  • Polanco, D. (2019). “The Profit Rate in Chile: 1900-2010.” UMass Amherst Economics Department Working Paper Series, No. 2019-17. Link
  • 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