This paper contemplates the evolution of Pigou's stance towards the Keynesian Revolution. Preliminarily, a brief contrast between his and Keynes's approach to the problem of unemployment is made. After that, Pigou's first reactions to The General Theory are presented, along with the rejoinder...

This paper contemplates the evolution of Pigou´s stance towards the Keynesian Revolution. Preliminarily, a brief contrast between his and Keynes´s approach to the problem of unemployment is made. After that, Pigou´s first reactions to The General Theory are presented, along with the rejoinder...

This paper aims to subsidize the current debate on tax reform, showing how the theoretical assumptions that supported the current model of income taxation in Brazil are undergoing a significant international revision, both as a consequence of the increasing inequality and the maturation of the...

Portuguese Abstract: Esta pesquisa apresenta um estudo reflexivo acerca de possíveis causas e os impactos da instabilidade política no desempenho do comércio internacional. Em formato de ensaio teórico, este artigo baseia-se em revisão teórica de autores que discutem sobre a globalização...

This paper aims to subsidize the current debate on tax reform, showing how the theoretical assumptions that supported the current model of income taxation in Brazil are undergoing a significant international revision, both as a consequence of the increasing inequality and the maturation of the...

This paper presents the essential elements of the debate on the role of industrialization for economic development in Brazil. The paper examines several moments of this debate, from its origins until the recent discussions of deindustrialization. It is argued that the development of the theme...

Spanish Abstract: Coartada para intervenciones militares, sacralización para la tiranía del mercado, fundamento ideológico para el fundamentalismo de lo políticamente correcto: ¿puede la “ficción simbólica” de los derechos humanos recuperarse para la politización progresiva de las...

Bento de Jesus Caraça (1901-1948) was an outstanding intellectual in the Portuguese cultural scene during the inter-war period and in the second post-world-war. His diversified writings, based on an heterodox interpretation of Marxian ideas, focused on mathematics, philosophy of culture and...

This paper discusses the roles of the entrepreneur in the economic theory. Taking the elaboration of Schumpeter as a reference, the paper analyses the forerunner contributions of Cantillon and Bentham, as well as the different approaches of Marx, Veblen and Sombart. The changing role of the...

In this paper we analyze the concept of capital, using as starty point the Cambridge Controversies in the theory of capital. In the first section, we present neoclassical views regarding the concept of capital, mensuration of marginal product of capital and the theories of distribution,...