The Economic Growth of Brazil: A Survey from Colonial to Modern Times, Volume 10Written originally to provide the Brazilian non-specialist with a readable economic survey of his country, this book will be of particular interest to the English-speaking economist and historian for its authoritative assessment of the influence of various factors--political, social, geographical, fiscal, monetary--on Brazil's economic growth and capital formation. The author analyzes the importance of the export agricultural interests, deficit financing, inflation, and the fluctuations of the world coffee market. |
Contents
Economic Bases | 1 |
REASONS FOR THE MONOPOLY | 11 |
SETTLEMENT COLONIES IN THE NORTHERN PART | 18 |
CONSEQUENCES OF THE PENETRATION OF SUGAR | 24 |
THE END OF THE COLONIAL PHASE | 33 |
The Slavery Economy of Tropical | 43 |
INCOME FLOW AND GROWTH | 50 |
CATTLE BREEDING | 58 |
THE LONGTERM DECLINE IN INCOME LEVEL | 114 |
POTENTIAL | 127 |
AMAZONIC | 141 |
INCOME LEVEL AND RATE OF GROWTH IN | 155 |
THE PROPENSITY TO EXTERNAL DISEQUILIBRIUM | 170 |
REPUBLICAN DECENTRALIZATION AND FORMATION | 186 |
DEFENSE MECHANISMS IN THE 1929 CRISIS | 203 |
EXTERNAL DISEQUILIBRIUM AND ITS SPREAD | 224 |
ECONOMIC CONTRACTION | 71 |
THE FLOW OF INCOME | 85 |
COLONIAL LIABILITIES | 99 |
READJUSTMENT OF THE IMPORT COEFFICIENT | 239 |
THE PROSPECTS FOR THE NEXT FEW DECADES | 258 |
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