Economic formation of Brazil: a masterpiece of ECLAC

Celso Furtado’s Formação Econômica do Brasil is the most famous book in Brazilianeconomic literature and has been so since its very first edition thirty years ago. By thattime, it immediately had a considerable impact on the Brazilian social sciences. This paper isconcerned with the Brazilian intell...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Bielschowsky, Ricardo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:1989
País:Brasil
Institución:EDITORA 34
Repositorio:Revista de Economia Política
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs2.centrodeeconomiapolitica.org:article/1626
Acceso en línea:https://centrodeeconomiapolitica.org.br/repojs/index.php/journal/article/view/1626
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:História do pensamento econômico
Furtado
estruturalismo
Cepal
resenha
History of economic thought
structuralism
Eclac
review
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Sumario:Celso Furtado’s Formação Econômica do Brasil is the most famous book in Brazilianeconomic literature and has been so since its very first edition thirty years ago. By thattime, it immediately had a considerable impact on the Brazilian social sciences. This paper isconcerned with the Brazilian intellectual and ideological context of the 1950s and points outthe “Ecla-structuralists” elements in Furtado’s masterpiece. The book’s methodology as wellas its analytical aspects have a strong connection to that context. JEL Classification: B22; B31; Y30.