PEOPLE'S PROFILES

2013. A short survey of the work of Ignacy Sachs - a major Polish-Brazilian-French economist of sustainable development, and an old friend. (Paper: Brazilian Journal of Political Economy)

2013. A more precise presentation of Rangel's "basic duality" theory to explain Brazilian history. (paper: Análise Econômica).

2013. Com José Marcio Rego. Este texto reproduz trabalho publicado um ano antes da morte de Ignácio Rangel (1993), com pequenas correções e a substituição da parte referente ao ciclo longo e à dualidade básica pela revisita realizada por Bresser-Pereira aos dois problemas.

2007. Vargas was the statesman that led Brazils national and industrial revolution. Although an authoritarian politician, he created the conditions for consolidated democracy. (Paper: tin book edited by Dutra Fonseca Zahluth Bastos)

2011. Antonio Barros de Castro pensava o novo e pensava o Brasil com coragem e amor por seu país. (Article: Rumos).

2010. Depoimento para o Catálogo dos livros de Marcio Moreira Alves, 9.10.2010.

2008. Olavo Setubal (1923-2008) was a great entrepreneur and a public man. And also a friend. (Article)

2007. Otavio Frias was a great jounalist that liked to say that was just a major business entrepreneur. (Article: Valor)

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!)

2006. Gasparian was a nationalist, a patriot: he knew better how costly would be Brazil's capitulation to the North. (Article: Folha de S.Paulo).

2006. Intervention in Brasilia conference in honor of Celso Furtado. This note reproduces part of the paper "Método e paixão em Celso Furtado". (Note: Cadernos do Desenvolvimento )

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

2006. José Serra may well be the statesman that Brazil is requiring. (Article: Folha de S.Paulo)

2005. My personal relations with Ignacio Rangel. Article written in the moment of the publication of his complete works. (Article: Primeira Leitura).

2005. Celso Furtado's economic theory. Updates (and shortens) a previous paper, "Método e paixão em Celso Furtado". (RAE - Revista de Administração de Empresas)

2004. Celso Furtado was always fighting, always searching. (Article written in the moment of his deth, Valor)

2004. The method that Celso Furtado utilizes is essentially historical his passion - a measured passion - is Brazil. A survey of Furtado's work. Portuguese and English versions available. (Paper: Revista de La CEPAL)*

2004. Getúlio Vargas was populist in political but not in economic terms. He was Brazils major statesman in the 20th century. (Article: Folha de S.Paulo).

2004. Short hommage to Dom José Maria Pires, bishop of João Pessoa between 1966 and 1995.

1993. Dr. Ulysses Guimarães was an outstanding public man. My personal and political relations with him. (Interview in the book Dr. Ulysses: O Homem que Pensou o Brasil).