Political Economy of Brazil

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Introduction

   • Philip Arestis, Alfredo Saad-Filho

   Pages 1-6

3. Neoliberalism, Democracy and Economic Policy in Brazil

   • Alfredo Saad-Filho

   Pages 7-23

4. Lula’s Government in Brazil: A New Left or the Old Populism?

   • Fernando J. Cardim de Carvalho

   Pages 24-41

5. The Real Meaning of the Economic Policy of Lula’s Government

   • Leda Maria Paulani

   Pages 42-54

6. The Twilight of Lula’s Government: Another Failed Experiment with Left-Wing Administrations?

   • Fernando Cardim de Carvalho, Fernando Ferrari-Filho

   Pages 55-72

7. Lula’s Social Policies: New Wine in Old Bottles?

   • Alcino Ferreira Câmara Neto, Matías Vernengo

   Pages 73-93

8. Assessing the Empirical Evidence on Inflation Targeting and Possible Lessons for Brazil

   • Alvaro Angeriz, Philip Arestis, Tirthankar Chakravarty

   Pages 94-115

9. Inflation Targeting in Emerging Countries: The Case of Brazil

   • Philip Arestis, Luiz Fernando de Paula, Fernando Ferrari-Filho

   Pages 116-140

10. Fiscal Policy, Credit Availability and Financing of Regional Policies in Brazil: Has Lula’s Government Changed Anything?

    • Frederico G. Jayme Jr, Marco Crocco

    Pages 141-164

11. Disentangling Policy and Politics: Non-Fiscal Implications of the Calculation of the PSBR in Brazil

    • Lecio Morais, Alfredo Saad-Filho

    Pages 165-179

12. The Interest Rate During the Lula Government: A Research Agenda

    • Carlos Vidotto, João Sicsú

    Pages 180-193

13. Fixed Income Debt Management and Uncertainty in the Lula Administration, 2002–2005

    • Rogério Sobreira, Paulo Gaya

    Pages 194-216

14. Back Matter

    Pages 217-224

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This book assesses the performance of the first Lula government (2002-06) from different perspectives including economics, politics, history and social policy. While the focus is on Brazil, it also refers to the experiences of similar countries both for comparative purposes and for evidence of the success or otherwise of this 'new' era for Brazil.

• economic policy
• fiscal policy
• growth
• Inflation
• political economy

• University of Cambridge, UK

  Philip Arestis

• Department of Development Studies, SOAS, University of London, UK

  Alfredo Saad-Filho

ALVARO ANGERIZ University of Cambridge, UK TIRTHANKAR CHAKRAVARTY University of Cambridge, UK MARCO CROCCO Associate Professor, Department of Economics and Center for Regional Development and Planning (CEDEPLAR) UFMG; Researcher, CNPq FERNANDO J. CARDIM DE CARVALHO Professor of Economics, Institute of Economics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil LUIZ FERNANDO DE PAULA University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; CNPq FERNANDO FERRARI FILHO Full Professor of Economics, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; Researcher, CNPq PAULO GAYA Master in Public Administration, Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (EBAPE/FGV), Brazil; Brazilian Central Bank, Brazil FREDERICO G. JAYME JR Associate Professor, Department of Economics and Center for Regional Development and Planning (CEDEPLAR), UFMG; Researcher; CNPq LECIO MORAIS Câmara dos Deputados, Brasília - DF, Brazil ALCINO FERREIRA CÂMARA NETO Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil LEDA MARIA PAULANI Economics Department, University of São Paulo, Brazil JOÃO SICSÚ Associate Professor, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ROGÉRIO SOBREIRA Associate Professor of Economics and Finance, Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration, Getulio Vargas Foundation (EBAPE/FGV), Brazil; Member, Money and Financial Markets Study Group, Institute of Economics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (IE-UFRJ), Brazil; Researcher, Pronex (FAPERJ/MCT) MATÍAS VERNENGO University of Utah, USA CARLOS VIDOTTO Associate Professor, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil

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