Political Economy of Brazil Recent Economic Performance

This book examines a range of policy areas, such as inflation targeting, growth, public debt and fiscal policy. It contributes to the rich and ongoing debate on the economic policy reforms of the past decade in Brazil.

PHILIP ARESTIS is University Director of Research, Cambridge Centre for Economic and Public Policy, University of Cambridge, Senior Research Fellow, Wolfson College Cambridge, UK, and Professor of Economics at the Levy Economics Institute, New York City, USA. His publications include Introducing Macroeconomic Modelling: An Econometric Study of the United Kingdom, Money, Pricing Distribution and Economic Integration, What Global Economic Crisis?, The Post-Bubble USA Economy, Financial Liberalization and Financial Developments in National and International Markets. He has been editor and joint editor, and has served on the editorial board of a number of journals.

ALFREDO SAAD-FILHO is Senior Lecturer in Political Economy of Development, Department of Development Studies, SOAS, University of London, UK.