Western Europe is at the core of the international trading system, even if the region
has been hit by the crisis the world economy has been facing since the early 1970s. This
paper discusses the trends of the European trade since the post-war period and compares it
to the economic development in Latin America.

JEL Classification: F14; F10; F43; F53.

In this introductory paper on radical economics, we expose the main tenants of
Marxism, including the nature of Capitalism, class conflicts, economic and social changes,
and possibility of change of the human condition. Then, a comparison with orthodox economics
is presented.

JEL Classification: A13; A10; B51.

Albeit representing only 10% of the GDP, the agricultural sector plays a significant
role in the result and stabilization of the Brazilian economy. This paper aims to understand
the dynamics of the sector in the shorter run, differently from other studies that primarily
focus on the longer run, with attention to the formation of prices in agriculture, and
how inflation, recession, and stabilization policies affect the sector.

JEL Classification: Q11; Q13; Q10; O13.

In response to the multiple crisis Brazil faces, many believe that the only answer
is by increasing the unemployment rate. This essay studies this proposition, as well as other
economic policy measures recently adopted to deal with Brazil’s external debt.

JEL Classification: E31; F31; F32; F41.

This essay aims to contribute to the clarification of obscure and highly controversial
points in the theory of value and prices formulated by Marx. The notion of competition,
after some prior theoretical elaboration, will play an important, although not necessarily
central, role in proposing an alternative interpretation for some of these questions. Before
beginning the discussion of the theory of value in Marx, I will make a necessarily summary
typification, just to provide an initial guideline, of the main positions present in the current
debate on the theoretical status of the relationship between value and price in Marx’s
work, since it is basically through the positioning regarding this issue that Sraffa’s contribution
is assimilated to different degrees, or simply ignored, in the Marxian theoretical context.

JEL Classification: B14; B51; B31; D46.

This essay is based on the contributions of John Kenneth Galbraith and is focused
on understanding where does the corporation gets its power from, how the enterprise
is set to behave in a post-industrial society and the interactions between supply and
demand in such society.

JEL Classification: D21; L22; L20; B25.

This work is based on an analysis of the statistical information regarding the
different inequalities faced by the Brazilian society, particularly with the new features of the
latest census that includes racial information.

JEL Classification: J15; J16; I24; I32; O15.

After the sweeping victory by the French socialist party, it is a good moment to
reflect on the recent experiences by social democrat governments across Europe. This paper
reflects on a series of publications on the subject and the inner conflicts and contradictions
of the European left.

JEL Classification: P51; P52; P10; H10; D72.