Gonzalo Durán

Gonzalo Durán is a professor of economics at the University of Chile (Social Work department). He obtained his PhD in social economics which was funded by the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) from the University of Duisburg-Essen. Additionally, he is co-founder and researcher at Fundación SOL (www.fundacionsol.cl), a labour think-tank based in Santiago, Chile. A major focus of his research is collective bargaining, trade unions, and income and power inequality.

Selected Publications

1.- Union Renewal in Chile and the Rate of Surplus Value: A Marxist Approach. World Review of Political Economy, 16(2):252-280. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.13169/worlrevipoliecon.16.2.0004

2.- Reductions in the Working Week: Labour Intensity and Productivity in Chile from a Marxist Perspective. International Critical Thought, 14(2):271-290. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/21598282.2024.2364160

3.- The Chilean economy, an analysis of the dynamics of profits, investments and production: A Marxist approach. Capital and Class, 46(2):377-400. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/03098168211054799