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Celso Furtado as ‘Romantic Economist from Brazil’s Sertão

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  • Jonas Rama
  • John Battaile Hall

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In The Romantic Economist (2009), Richard Bronk laments thatEnlightenment thinking dominated Economics during its formation as a science. As counterpoint, the ‘Romantic Movement’ had much to offer but remained peripheral. Consequently Economics embraced the centrality of rationality and other Enlightenment precepts, leading to a ‘social-physics’. Meanwhile human characteristics such; as sentiments, imagination and creativity were eschewed. While Bronk fails to identify an in-the-flesh ‘Romantic’ Economist’,our inquiry seeks to establish that indeed Celso Furtado qualifies. Profoundly influenced by his sensitivities and attachment to place, Furtado relies upon an organic metaphor – osertãonordestino – for insights into complexdevelopmental processes. JEL Classification: B15; B31; N96.

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  • Jonas Rama & John Battaile Hall, 2019. "Celso Furtado as ‘Romantic Economist from Brazil’s Sertão," Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, Center of Political Economy, vol. 39(4), pages 658-674.
    • Handle: RePEc:ekm:repojs:v:39:y:2019:i:4:p:658-674:id:9
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    Keywords

    Brazil; Celso Furtado; Richard Bronk; romantic movement; sertão;
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    JEL classification:

    • B15 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought through 1925 - - - Historical; Institutional; Evolutionary
    • B31 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought: Individuals - - - Individuals
    • N96 - Economic History - - Regional and Urban History - - - Latin America; Caribbean

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