Political aspects of development and underdevelopment economy in Wilson Cano

Authors

  • Evaldo Gomes Júnior Universidade Federal do Sul e Sudeste do Pará https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0987-1895
  • Pietro Caldeirini Aruto Secretaria de Estado do Desenvolvimento Econômico Sustentável de Santa Catarina
  • Vitor Hugo Tonin Universidade Estadual de Campinas

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze the political economy of Latin America from the perspective of the Professor Wilson Cano. Caring on ECLAC methodological tradition, he associated general determinants of the international economic system with the specific capitalist reproduction conditions in each country. Throughout his works, he focused on the economic underdevelopment of the Brazilian economy and its regions. As neoliberalism ascended as the new official agenda for underdevelopment countries, Cano wrote numerous articles criticizing its effects over productive structure and increasing inequality. Methodologically, current analysis emphasizes his writings and how they are connected with the critical tradition of political economy of “Campinas School of Economy” and ECLAC. It is shown how Cano criticizes neoliberalism, both in economic thought and in the national political arena. At the end, mercantile capital category is debated, due to its relevance in his analysis, to evidence both its historical coherence and some theoretical limits.

Key words: Wilson Cano; Latin America; underdevelopment; nation and region.

Author Biographies

  • Evaldo Gomes Júnior, Universidade Federal do Sul e Sudeste do Pará

    Economista. Mestre e Doutor em Desenvolvimento Econômico pelo Instituto de Economia da Universidade Estadual de Campinas (IE/Unicamp). Professor do Instituto de Estudos em Desenvolvimento Agrário e Regional da Universidade Federal do Sul e Sudeste do Pará (IEDAR/Unifesspa). Professor do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Planejamento e Desenvolvimento Regional e Urbano na Amazônia (PPGPAM/IEDAR/Unifesspa).

  • Pietro Caldeirini Aruto, Secretaria de Estado do Desenvolvimento Econômico Sustentável de Santa Catarina

    Economista. Mestre e Doutor em Desenvolvimento Econômico pelo Instituto de Economia da Universidade Estadual de Campinas (IE/Unicamp). Servidor Público do Governo do Estado de Santa Catarina, lotado como Economista na Secretaria de Estado do Desenvolvimento Econômico Sustentável.

  • Vitor Hugo Tonin, Universidade Estadual de Campinas

    Economista. Mestre em Urbanismo, História e Arquitetura da Cidade pelo Departamento de Arquitetura e Urbanismo da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Doutorando em Desenvolvimento Econômico pelo Instituto de Economia da Universidade Estadual de Campinas (IE/Unicamp). Assessor Sindical na Região Metropolitana de Campinas. 

Published

2022-04-05

Issue

Vol. 30 No. Especial Wilson Cano (2021): Soberania, desenvolvimento e sociedade

Section

Sovereignty, Development and Society

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