From its past and present, Chile is poised to provide a better future for its people -- A brief history : the role of authoritarian conditions and crises in shaping political and economic orders in Chile -- Cementing neoliberalism : a cultural revolution for the free market -- Economic growth and macroeconomic performance in the 1990s and 2000s under four Concertación governments -- The social record of the post-Pinochet administrations : poverty declines but high inequality persists -- The social policies of the 1990s and 2000s: neoliberalism tempered with social protection? -- Concentration of economic power : the new elites of the super-rich, oligopolistic markets, and dual production structures -- Limits to Chilean democracy and governance for capital -- Summary and issues for the future.