Reflecting on New Developmentalism and classical developmentalism

  • autor: Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira

2015. New Developmentalism is a theory that was preceded by Classical Developmentalism. It focuses on the equilibrium of five macroeconomic prices, and of the two macro accounts, particularly the current or external account.

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Industrial policy and exchange rate skepticism

2015. With Fernando Rugitsky. Classical Developmentalism (Prebisch et al.) was skeptical in relation to exchange rate policy, preferring industrial policy on the form of high import taxes, while for New Developmentalism the neutralization of the tendency to the cyclical and chronic overvaluation of the exchange rate is the key policy to be adopted. (Paper Cambridge Journal of Economics)

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Desenvolvimentistas, liberais, e sua preferência pelo consumo imediato

2014. Liberals as well as vulgar Keynesians show a preference for immediate consumption associated with an overvalued currency. (Paper: Crítica e Sociedade)

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Meu Caminho Político - uma entrevista

2014. Interview to Cynara Menezes. A summing up of my political and intellectual trajectory, a critique of the FHC and Lula administrations, and a draft of theory that I have been developing since 2001 on New Developmentalism. (Blog Socialista Morena em Carta Capital)

Brasil, sociedade nacional-dependente

2012. An overview o Brazil since the independence. An interpretation of Brazil considering the political pacts or class coalitions and the growth strategies. (Paper: Novos Estudos, Cebrap)

O Diálogo Necessário com a Unicamp

2012. Bresser escreve ao diretor do Instituto de Economia da Unicamp sobre a necessidade de diálogo sobre a Teoria Novo Desenvolvimentista mas já era tarde.

Os três ciclos da sociedade e do Estado

2012. Brazil is a national-dependent society. The three cycles of its independent history were, successively, "State and Integration", "Nation and Development" and "Democracy and Social Justice". (Paper: Perspectivas) English version available.

An account of new developmentalism and its structuralist macroeconomics

2011. A short account on how a new national development strategy (new developmentalism) and on the theory behind (structuralist development macroeconomics) were developed since the early 2000s. (Short essay)

Uma escola de pensamento keynesiano-estruturalista no Brasil?

2011. A new Keynesian-structuralist school of thought is emerging in Brazil, formed by a Structuralist Development Macroeconomics that offers scientific explanation to New Developmentalism. (Paper: Revista de Economia Política).

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A macroeconomia estruturalista do desenvolvimento por trás do novo desenvolvimentismo - breve nota

2010. In Globalization and Competitiion, behind the "new developmentalism" (a national development strategy) there is a "structuralist development macroeconomics" . (Note to be published in this website)

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A descoberta da inflação inercial

2009. The history of the discovery of inertial inflation. The role played by the São Paulo (FGV) and the Rio (PUC) groups. (Paper: Revista de Economia Contemporânea)

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From the national-bourgeoisie to the dependency interpretation of Latin America

  • autor: Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira

2009. Over-exploitation, as well as associated dependency interpretations, denied the possibility of national bourgeoisies in the region and contributed to weakening Latin American nations. Only a third version of dependency - the national-dependent interpretation - escaped this fate. Published in English in Latin American Perspectives 178, vol. 38 (3), May 2011. Portuguese and French versions available. (Paper: Latin American Perspectives).

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As três interpretações da dependência

2010. Over-exploitation as well as associated dependency interpretations denied the possibity of national bourgeoisies in the region and contributed to weakening Latin American nations. Only a third version of dependency - the national-dependent interpretation - escaped this fate. English and French versions available. (Paper: Perspectivas).

Amérique Latine: de la interprétation nationaliste à la interprétation par la dépendance

2009. Over-exploitation as well as associated dependency interpretations denied the possibity of national bourgeoisies in the region and contributed to weakening Latin American nations. Only a third version of dependency - the national-dependent interpretation - escaped this fate. English and Portuguese versions available. (Paper: Revue Tiers Monde).

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País sempre mercantil (Folha, 04.02.07)

2007. Caio Prado Jr. was a major historian of Brazilian mercantilism, but he didn't understand the after 1930 Brazil made its industrial revolution and overcome mercantilism. (Article: Folha, Mais!)

Uma sociedade nacional-dependente

2006. Florestan Fernandes e Fernando Henrique Cardoso identified themselves with dependency theory. The former, in A Revolução Burguesa, with its Marxist "super-exploração" version, the later with the "associated dependency" version. (Preface to the 9th. edition of José Carlos Reis, As Identidades do Brasil de Varnhagen a FHC)

Iseb, Escola de Sociologia de São Paulo, teoria da dependência, e perda do conceito de nação

2006.Seminário no Departamento de Ciência Política da USP (apresentação de Slide)

Rangel: ciclos longos e dualidade

2006. The complex relations between the long cycles and the dualities of the Brazilian society. (Note just published in this site)

De la Cepal y del Iseb a la teoría de la dependencia

2006. A critique of the two dependency theories (associated and super-exploration) which intended to be an alternative to ISEBs and ECLACs view of Latin American development. Only a third version - national-dependent theory - is consistent with the nation building and growth. Portuguese and English versions available.(Paper)

Do Iseb e da Cepal à teoria da dependência

2005. A critique of the two dependency theories (associated and super-exploration) which intended to be an alternative to ISEBs and ECLACs view of Latin American development. Only a third version - national-dependent theory - is consistent with the nation building and growth. English and Spanish versions available.(Paper in edited book)