The article analyses the debate over fiscal deficit reduction in Brazil from a post-Keynesian perspective. After an overview of the conclusions about the role of money and of the State that are the basis of the controversies about fiscal policy, monetary policy and the consequent prescribed...

O objetivo deste artigo é dimensionar o turismo no Brasil, e examinar, em particular, o potencial gerador de emprego e renda que ele tem, a partir da estimação da matriz de insumo produto do turismo no Brasil, para o ano de 2006. Essa matriz permitiu analisar as articulações entre o turismo...

The paper analyzes the debate between metallism and "paper moneyism" which took place in Brazil in the second half of the 19th century and advocates that the latter was one of the currents that contributed to the genesis of developmentalism. In order to do so, it reviews the monetary...

The article analyses the notion of fictitious capital in Marx, and the idea of autonomy of circulation in relation to production. It explores, after this theoretical analysis, the evolution of financialization of the economies as development of fictitious capital and its relation with the...

This paper deals with the current financial crisis from a Post-Keynesian and Marxist perspective. The more objective character of Marx‟s crises conception is compared with the more subjective origin of crises in Keynesian‟s ideas. This analysis is used to conduct a revision of critical...