This paper presents an estimation of investment flows for Brazil between 2000 and 2009 at the sectoral level through Capital Flow Tables (CFTs). CFTs were estimated for the economy as a whole and according the origin of products (domestic or imported). We use data from MDIC, IBGE, BNDES,...

The paper assesses the change in direction of economic policy in Brazil during the period from 2015 to 2022 towards fiscal austerity and neoliberal reforms, allegedly with the purpose of opening space for an acceleration of growth led by private investment and net exports, through reduction in...

The aim of this paper is to discuss the main causes of the interruption of the process of socially inclusive growth that occurred in the Brazilian economy from the mid-2000s, which we will call the Brazilian economy's "Brief Golden Age". Our analysis is based on two central hypotheses. The first...