In the episode, Ana Frazão talks with André Arruda Villela, PhD in Economic History at the University of London (1999) and Professor at the School of Graduate in Economics/Foundation Getulio Vargas – RJ. The teacher addresses the greatest findings that economic history provides to better understand the economic reality of Brazil, making a critical analysis of the Brazilian economic institutions and the problems of trajectory dependence. Among the topics explored are the periods of greater growth and economic development in Brazil and its main reasons, the current diagnosis of the Brazilian economy, including the problem of low productivity, the failures and limitations of industrial policies and the appropriate arrangements between the state and the market.
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