The contemporary brazilian crisis and it`'s place in the social and economic ideas

Abstract

This article intends to make a critical analysis of the main currents of interpretation of the Brazilian political and economic crisis, which began in 2013, which had as a presupposition the world financial crisis of 2008. After a brief contextualization, the diagnosis and the orthodox view of the crisis, which we identify as the theory derived from the Neoclassical Synthesis; later the heterodox vision, which we understand as the Post-Keynesian theory; and finally we will argue on the basis of the Marxist Theory on the crisis, which we understand does not fit either orthodoxy or economic heterodoxy. The conclusion reveals a distinct diagnosis for the Brazilian crisis between the three views since, in addition to the divergences between orthodox and heterodox economists, the key concept for economic analysis, which for these is situated around the investment rate, for economists "Critics of Political Economy" is centered around the rate of profit.