Contributions to Economics From the ‘Periphery’ in Historical Perspective : The Case of Brazil After Mid 20th Century

This paper provides an overview of Brazilian economists’ contributions to global economics since mid 20th century, from the perspective of economics as transnational science. The contributions are organized into three sections, after a methodological and historiographical introduction: economic development and income distribution, inflation and indexation, and “pure theoretical economics” coming from mainstream mathematical economists and heterodox (mainly post-Keynesian) authors