Historical sources of Brazilian underdevelopment

ABSTRACT In this work, it is shown that Brazil has already entered the past century behind the developed countries. The three main views to explain this fact are reviewed and a fourth, based on recent theoretical developments, is presented. This view explains the backwardness of the Brazilian econom...

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Main Author: ALEXANDRE RANDS BARROS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Editora 34 2022-08-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Political Economy
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-31571996000200293&tlng=en
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spelling doaj.art-5b1c57e96d614dd5b9710870def3951f2022-12-22T03:44:22ZengEditora 34Brazilian Journal of Political Economy1809-45382022-08-0116229331410.1590/0101-31571996-0855Historical sources of Brazilian underdevelopmentALEXANDRE RANDS BARROSABSTRACT In this work, it is shown that Brazil has already entered the past century behind the developed countries. The three main views to explain this fact are reviewed and a fourth, based on recent theoretical developments, is presented. This view explains the backwardness of the Brazilian economy due to the composition of its social classes, their historical roots and their interrelations.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-31571996000200293&tlng=enUnderdevelopmenteconomic history of Brazileconomic growth
spellingShingle ALEXANDRE RANDS BARROS
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Brazilian Journal of Political Economy
Underdevelopment
economic history of Brazil
economic growth
title Historical sources of Brazilian underdevelopment
title_full Historical sources of Brazilian underdevelopment
title_fullStr Historical sources of Brazilian underdevelopment
title_full_unstemmed Historical sources of Brazilian underdevelopment
title_short Historical sources of Brazilian underdevelopment
title_sort historical sources of brazilian underdevelopment
topic Underdevelopment
economic history of Brazil
economic growth
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