A economia política brasileira na obra de Francisco de Oliveira

Abstract

This work aim to report the main contributions of Francisco de Oliveira for the understanding the Brazilian political economy. For this , was divided his theory production in three stages: since the article Critica à razão dualista (Critique of Dualist Reason) to his latest work, entitled O ornitorrinco (The Platypus). The purpose of this analysis is present, at each author work stage, the importance of the contributions introduced by Francisco de Oliveira in the national debates. Initially, will be considered the Francisco de Oliveira s theory in comparison of cepalina-furtadiana theory, explaining the main aspects of this theoretical debate. After, will be analyzed the Oliveira s works contained in his book Economia da Dependência Imperfeita (Imperfect Dependency Economy), on the author main concern is to elucidate the specific features of the capitalist national development. Finally will be treated essays O ornitorrinco (The Platypus), which exposes the main thesis produced by the author in recent years. It is argued that Francisco de Oliveira, in an intense critical way, know produced different and unique interpretation for each period of our economic history and introduced new elements to discussion, maily relating to his analysis of social, economical and political