Subdesenvolvimento brasileiro à luz de Celso Furtado: uma “radiografia” da estrutura distributiva de renda no país

Abstract

Brazilian underdevelopment, qualified by Celso Furtado, evidences a remarkably distributive nature, which derives from the precise connection between external cultural dependence and internal exploitation of workers. Despite the diagnosis that dates back a few decades, nuances of the distributive structure in the recent period prove that this interpretation is still current, in such a way that descriptive analysis of this information, mapped in a “radiograph” of the Brazilian income distribution, constitutes the aim of this paper. Despite the recent fall in inequality by PNAD, DIRPF information shows just a modest reduction. Similarly, the regressive personal taxation system can be depicted as reduction on the average tax rate in higher income groups. The land structure also shows persistent overpowering concentration, and labor and consumer data, despite some advances, express deep heterogeneity. In general, the information treated suggested reproduction of the Brazilian underdevelopment evaluated in the light of the socioeconomic asymmetries that still compose it.