Jacques Lambert’s “Os Dois Brasis” revisited: an apologia for economic development

Authors

  • Igor Zanoni Constant Carneiro Leão Universidade Federal do Paraná - UFPR
  • Danilo Ferraz de Oliveira Ogama Mestrado em Sociedade e Tecnologia da Universidade tecnológica do Paraná

Keywords:

Social thinking. Economic development. History of Brazil.

Abstract

This essay aims to be a critical appraisal of Jacques Lambert’s classic work, “Os Dois Brasis”, published early in president Juscelino Kubitschek’s office, by eliciting the apologia for the economic development it conveys. In the harsh times we live, the work of Lambert can be read as a list of poor decisions made by a nation that has never been – and perhaps will never be – able to fulfill the dream of being a dynamic economy that would progressively settle its colonial liabilities, with the natural solidarity that is intrinsic to its culture.

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Author Biographies

Igor Zanoni Constant Carneiro Leão, Universidade Federal do Paraná - UFPR

Economista, doutor em Economia pela UNICAMP, professor titular do Departamento de Economia da Universidade Federal do Paraná.

Danilo Ferraz de Oliveira Ogama, Mestrado em Sociedade e Tecnologia da Universidade tecnológica do Paraná

Graduação em economia pela Universidade Federal do Paraná, mestrando em Sociedade e Tecnologia pela Universidade Tecnológica do Paraná

Published

2018-01-05

How to Cite

Constant Carneiro Leão, I. Z., & Ferraz de Oliveira Ogama, D. (2018). Jacques Lambert’s “Os Dois Brasis” revisited: an apologia for economic development. Revista Paranaense De Desenvolvimento - RPD, 38(133), 245–258. Retrieved from https://ipardes.emnuvens.com.br/revistaparanaense/article/view/892