Este capítulo sobre a economia imperial é de caráter introdutório e está dividido em dez seções, além desta introdução. O objetivo é colocar em perspectiva as análises mais detalhadas referentes à política econômica durante o período republicano que compõem os demais capítulos...

This article is on the activities of British money doctors in South America between the 1890s and the 1930s, hitherto overlooked in the literature. It focuses on Sir Otto Niemeyer’s missions to Brazil and Argentina in the early 1930s compared to his earlier report on New Zealand and Professor...

This paper surveys the formation and development of insurance business in Brazil. It describes its origins, from the colonial times and imperial era to recent events. Particular attention is given to regulatory changes, showing how they evolved in response to macroeconomic shocks that affected...