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This short intervention was made by Celso Furtado during the I International Seminar of the University of Sao Paulo on "New Paradigms of Development", held on June 14, 2000, when he received the honour to merit medal from the president of the university, professor Jacques Marcovitch. (Rev Econ Polit/DÜI)

This is an intellectual self-profile. The author starts identifying the political and theoretical influences he had, as a young man, from his family, and from intellectuals as Marx, Weber and Keynes, abroad, and from Furtado and Rangel, in Brazil. He divides his contributions in historical and theoretical. The historical analyses are, on their turn, subdivided in those dealing specifically with Brazil and Latin America and others referring to changes in contemporary world economy and society. In the conclusion, the author makes a general evaluation of the work done, which involves also a research program for the future. (Rev Econ Polit/DÜI)

In this article external orientation indicators for the Brazilian manufacturing industry are outlined. These indicators allow to better understand the changes on trade orientation during the 1990s and the effect of an external shock, considering both the revenue (external sales and domestic competition with imports) and the cost (imported inputs) channels. The study shows that the net external orientation coefficient for the manufacturing sector as a whole dropped by 11.3% between 1989 and 1998, diminishing the positive effect that currency devaluation could have had on the manufacturing sector. (Rev Econ Polit/DÜI)

This article presents some estimates for the Non Accelerating Inflation Rate of Unemployment (NAIRU) using Brazilian data. The NAIRU is estimated using both IBGE and DIEESE data. The results show a linear Phillips curve for Brazil, and they are in line with the acceleration of inflation during the eighties and the price stability that followed the Real Plan. (Rev Econ Pol/DÜI)

The objective of this essay is to analyze the effects of the minimal nominal wage, a monetary aggregate and the exchange rate on the price level using the Johansen procedure for co-integration. The empirical evidence indicates the existence of a long term relationship among those variables and the price level that can be interpreted as a price equation. The econometric model allows establishing the specific weights of each of these variables. (Rev Econ Polit/DÜI)

This paper has a double purpose. First, the author intends to discuss what is in game when the public social security is changed for private systems based on individual savings. Second, she aims to analyze why the neoliberal reforms are accepted easier in Latin America (with exception of Brazil) than in European countries. (Rev Econ Polit/DÜI)