O artigo discute o alinhamento do Brasil à política externa estadunidense nos primórdios da Guerra Fria, durante o governo Dutra, avaliando as razões que preservaram a associação herdada da Segunda Guerra Mundial, embora o governo Truman se mostrasse menos disposto a satisfazer demandas...

The paper studies the development strategy in Brazil along Vargas’ second term, focusing the interpretations which emphasize either the assumed incoherence of his cabinet, or its alleged economic orthodoxy, associated with Horacio Lafer’s term as Minister of Finance. The central argument is...

The paper studies the making of a development strategy in Brazil along the 1930’s and, particularly, during Estado Novo regime, focusing the reasons which lead Brazilian government to attempt at attracting steel foreign subsidiaries and, failing, to resort to “Pan-American cooperation” in...

This paper aims at analysing--from a Post Keynesian approach--the Brazilian bankingbehaviour in the current phase of the business cycle that is at the semi-stagnation state of the economy. According to the Post Keynesian approach, banks are economic agents that have liquidity preference...

The new international financial architecture is investigated through the works of leading American economists, the Cologne G7 decisions, the implementing work of the IMF (and the World Bank). However, the Washington-consensus policies and the definition of standards and codes have not avoided...

The new international financial architecture is investigated through the works of leading American economists, the Cologne G7 decisions, the implementing work of the IMF (and the World Bank). However, the Washington-consensus policies and the definition of standards and codes have not avoided...

This paper aims at analysing--from a Post Keynesian approach--the Brazilian bankingbehaviour in the current phase of the business cycle that is at the semi-stagnation state of the economy. According to the Post Keynesian approach, banks are economic agents that have liquidity preference...

O artigo analisa as relações de causalidade entre receitas, despesas e transferências correntes aos municípios brasileiros, nos períodos pré e pós-Lei de Responsabilidade Fiscal (LRF). Seguindo as teorias tradicionais que investigaram o fenômeno, percebe-se que tais relações de...

The purpose of this paper is to discuss a few issues related to how best to communicate uncertainty about projections of future pension benefits to members of DC plans, and especially to present a pension risk simulator developed by the Chilean regulator (Superintendencia de Pensiones, SP) that...

This paper examines and evaluates the content and design of the annual pension statement sent to members of funded defined contribution (DC) pension schemes in a selection of OECD and non-OECD countries. The aims of the research are to identify the potential shortcomings in statement planning...