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.

Why Should Workers Understand Political Economy? (CUT Training Course)

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Training course at Training Course for Trade Union Leaders, Santiago, Chile

The three blocks offer a worker-centered introduction to political economy that moves from critique, to macro dynamics, to strategy. Block 1 demystifies “neutral” economic talk by mapping class fractions (industrial, financial, commercial) and showing how expert discourse operates as an intelligence apparatus for hegemony; participants practice decoding frames such as fiscal austerity and labor “flexibility” and discuss who benefits from them . Block 2 links distribution and growth, highlighting wage–profit conflict, the demand–employment nexus across the cycle, crisis dynamics, the reserve army, and structural change via automation and digitalization; the takeaway is how income shares shape employment and how crises reorganize labor markets and bargaining power . Block 3 reframes unions as organic intellectuals capable of translating and contesting dominant narratives, building solidarity across divisions, and designing strategies that regulate distributive conflict in society-wide terms; a collective exercise consolidates proposals for action . Together, the sequence equips workers to identify who gains from policy proposals, anticipate employment effects over the cycle, and replace competitive fragmentation with organized collective power.

Note: Three sessions training delivered for CUT union leaders presented in spanish.

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