Routes of the Brazilian financial liberalization. This paper describes the most recent change in the rules of domestic exchange market and emphasizes/explores their consequences to Brazilian macroeconomic. (Rev Econ Polít/GIGA)

The global expansion of capitalism under American hegemony in the second half of the 20th century has changed the international division of labor and center-periphery scheme proposed under British hegemony. Under the new international division of labor, the United States is forced to generate an...

This paper deals with the possible future strengthening of the economical integration among the countries of Mercosul, similar to the European integration related to the Maastricht agreement. Some of the problems associated to the coordination of macroeconomic policies and the monetary...