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This article deals with two aspects of inflation: distributive conflict and the role of extra money. In this context, the paper discusses some characteristic features of inflation processes in Brazil, difficulties of the reproduction of the money during inflation and aspects solved by the Real Plan. Finally, Plano Real's prospects are adressed. (Rev Econ Polit/DÜI)

The present article proposes an analysis concerning possible transformations of work based upon the concept of temporality. It considers the comprehension of the time category by the social sciences since the elaboration of the concept of social time to the construction of a dominant time. Considering the above mentioned aspects end temporality while a central aspect of the social structure, the article tries to understand that temporality while must be seen as a key element in the study of the changes of the work reality.

This article looks at the notion of 'risk' in the construction of the body as a spectacle. Its specific focus is on the body of the aerial acrobat and the production of an aesthetic of risk in the circus. The aim of the article is to understand the ways in which the illusion of risk is created in the circus, and how this fits into the framework of adventure-risk in society at large. In understanding how risk is created, we shall see that every risk has its counterpart in strategies of safety. We shall see that modernity's quest for thrills is linked to its concern for means of ensuring safety, though technologies of prevention, insurance cover, and rigorous training programs to ensure the technically perfect execution of skills. It is this concern for security which, paradoxically, makes an aesthetics of risk meaningful. Our research examines the point at which the aesthetics of risk is embodied in the body of the acrobat. We use a variety of research methods, including observation, field diaries, photography, image-searches, interviews and documents in the public domain. The questions we address are the following: what are the bodily risks of acrobatic shows? How are such risks used? How is it that sensitivity to bodily practices has changed so much? Our analytic path starts by contextualizing the notion of risk, then proceeds to characterize the spectacle of the circus, and continues through an account of the technical aspects of acrobatic skill. We arrive ultimately at our end-point: the 'aerial acrobat', which, in embodying the illusion of risk and the transcendence of human limits, stands as an example of contemporary subjectivity.

The relationship between Brazil and Argentina has experienced moments of political engagement as well as political dissociation. Despite of that, these two nations revealed a converging tendency in their recent history as far as the geoeconomical aspect of their trading potential is concerned. Having in mind primarily the attempts to provide regional advantages for its member countries by setting low tariffs in order to stimulate the flow of goods, services, and capital investment, Mercosul should now focus additionally on the political and social dimensions of each one of the states involved. (Polit Externa/DÜI)

The main objective of this paper is to present some economic aspects that have been taken into account as a basis for the establishment of a pricing policy for the operation of the Internet in Brazil, basically when it is moving from its academic towards its commercial phase. In this respect, the paper seeks to give an overview of what is the Internet and its model in Brazil, together with the possibilities and potential limits for its growth in the Brazilian territory. After taking the marginal cost principle as a platform for a pricing policy for the Internet, the paper suggests the second best approach as the most adequate to the Brazilian social and economic realities. (Rev Econ Polit/DÜI)