This article intend to analyze the process of the economic growth and income distribution in an environment where technological progress and the basic rate of interest are endogenous and the money, via credit offer, has a preponderant role in the determination of economic dynamics. In this...

This paper aims at discussing critically Pérsio Arida's proposal of adopting full currency convertibility in Brazil. Arida (2003a, 2003b, 2004) points out that currency convertibility would make for lower domestic interest rates in Brazil, as well as for lower interest rates for the Brazilian...

The paper presents a post-keynesian growth model in which (i) the mark-up rate varies in the long-term due to a misalignment between the actual rate and the 'anticipated' profit rate; and (ii) the capital-output ratio is not necessarily constant, on the contrary, it may shift as a result of the...