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Roots of Brazilian Relative Economic Backwardness
This thought provoking book explains Brazil’s development level in light of modern theories regarding economic growth and international economics, focusing on both the proximate and fundamental causes of Brazil’s slow development
Alexandre Rands Barros (Author)
9780128097564, Elsevier Science
Paperback, published 19 July 2016
292 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 1.9 cm, 0.45 kg
"The poor performance of the Brazilian economy since the 1980s has been object of an ever long debate about its causes. This book provides important insights into this debate, bringing a provocative interpretation about the historical development of the Brazilian economy that explains the roots of its backwardness. Based on modern theories about economic growth, the author presents new statistical indicators that support his claims. This is a stimulating contribution to the academic research on the Brazilian economy." --Carmem Feijó, Fluminense Federal University
Roots of Brazil’s Relative Economic Backwardness explains Brazil’s development level in light of modern theories regarding economic growth and international economics. It focuses on both the proximate and fundamental causes of Brazil’s slow development, turning currently dominant hypotheses upside down. To support its arguments, the book presents extensive statistical analysis of Brazilian long-term development, with some new series on per capita GDP, population ethnical composition, and human capital stock, among others. It is an important resource in the ongoing debate on the causes of Latin American underdeveloped economies.
Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Historical Origins of Brazilian Relative Backwardness Chapter 3. A Simple Model of World Equilibrium With International Trade and No Restriction on Factor Mobility Chapter 4. Some Empirical Evidence on the Sources of Brazilian Current Relative Backwardness Chapter 5. Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital and Its Role in Physical Capital Accumulation Chapter 6. Migration Profile and Human Capital Building in Brazil and the United States in the 19th Century Chapter 7. Genesis of Brazilian Human Capital: From Colony to the 19th Century Chapter 8. Relative Declining in the 19th Century Chapter 9. Stabilization of Relative Backwardness Chapter 10. Alternative Explanations for Brazilian Relative Backwardness Chapter 11. The Fundamental Cause of the Emergence of Relative Backwardness Chapter 12. Social Conflict as the Source of Brazilian Relative Backwardness Chapter 13. Social Conflicts and Human Capital Accumulation in the Period of Search for National Identity Chapter 14. Conclusion
Subject Areas: International economics [KCL]
