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The article describes the following aspects regarding the pandemic of Covid-19 in Brazil: 1. the positive statistical correlation between votes for Bolsonaro in the 2018’s presidential elections and deaths caused by Covid-19, at the descriptive level of federal units; 2. the uncorrelated relation between votes for Bolsonaro and the popular adhesion to the vaccination campaign after June 2021; 3. the drop in death rates after June 2021 and the persistence of the correlation between proportional deaths and votes after it. In light of this empirical analysis, we suggest some paths for future historical and sociological research on the causal mechanisms for this apparent association.

Este artigo busca analisar aspectos relativos ao problema do desenvolvimento econômico na obra tardia de Álvaro Vieira Pinto (1909-1987). Como filósofo, Vieira Pinto tornou-se conhecido por fundamentar filosoficamente o projeto nacional-desenvolvimentista brasileiro; porém, com a publicação recente de suas duas últimas obras, viu-se como buscou abordar mais diretamente temas socioeconômicos, relacionados à tecnologia, à demografia, à ecologia, dentre outros. Busca-se neste artigo contribuir com a literatura sobre a obra do autor, ao analisar e criticar o modo como o autor discutiu tais questões, tema ainda não abordado de forma sistemática pela literatura.

This article focuses on the impeachment process of Dilma Rousseff in Brazil, as well as the economic policies and the performance of the economy under the Temer administration, between 2016 and 2018. The article shows that Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment favored a stronger neoliberal thrust advocated especially by financial markets, and that contrary to the proclaimed objectives of the new administration, the economic policies adopted against recession did not lead to an expressive economic recovery, or to an improvement of the fiscal situation of the central government. Instead, the accelerated privatization and denationalization of the economy since the impeachment has further perpetuated stagnation, reinforced indebtedness, and reduced the capacity of the central government to respond.

This work aims to describe the economic policies adopted by Argentinian government during the 2000s, particularly between 2003 and 2011, as well as to describe the performance of the economy, through a method of historical description. The text argues that economic policies were successful to foster employment, but that they were helped by previous low utilization of existing industrial capacity, low exchange rates and increasing demand for commodities. It concludes that implemented policies were adequate but that structural deficiencies may prevent future growth, specially Argentina’s heavy dependence on foreign trade.

The paper aims to evaluate the macroeconomic performance of the economy of the United States during first administration of Barack Obama (2009-2012).

Utilizando o método histórico-descritivo, este texto analiza o criterio das políticas económicas adoptadas por Arxentina, así como o comportamento da economía ao longo dos anos 2000, en especial entre os anos 2003 e 2011. Arguméntase que a política económica conseguiu incrementar o volume de emprego, aínda que se aliaron diversos elementos que explican o crecemento obtido, tales como a alta capacidade instalada previamente na industria, a desvalorización cambiaria e o aumento da demanda internacional por “commodities”. Conclúese que as políticas adoptadas tiveron éxito na recuperación do volume de emprego, aínda que a economía presenta debilidades que poden dificultar a obtención dunha traxectoria similar no futuro, en particular polo que se refire á dependencia do comercio exterior.

Neste texto resumem-se os motivos que levaram ao endividamento externo dos Estados Unidos a partir do início dos anos (19)80, apontando-se ao mesmo tempo a estrutura de sua dívida externa e os países de que mais emprestam recursos. Comenta-se por fim como o comércio internacional passou a depender da estrutura desta dívida.