The legacy of Celso Furtado

Paulo Nogueira Batista ()

Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, 2024, vol. 44, issue 1, 29-41

Abstract: This essay reviews Celso Furtado’s intellectual legacy, highlighting his enormousimportance for economic thought. It adopts the method of comparing Furtado to anothergreat Brazilian economist, Mário Henrique Simonsen, emphasizing the superiority of theformer over the latter in several essential aspects. It also discusses the relation of Furtado toKeynes and the Keynesian economic tradition, on the one hand, and to Marx and Marxism,on the other. It highlights, in conclusion, his links to nationalism and romanticism, expressedin his attachment to Brazil. JEL Classification: A0; B5, C0; E0; F0, N0; P5.

Keywords: Celso Furtado; Mário Henrique Simonsen; John Maynard Keynes; political economy; economics; mathematical methods in economics; rigor; relevance; Marxism; ultraliberalism; economics history; eclecticism; nationalism; cosmopolitanism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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