João Antonio de Paula

Conhecimento e interesse em economia

The article argues the need to preserve the pluralism in economics. The article examines: i) the nature of the knowledge and of its production; ii) the specificity of the knowledge production in economics and the historical and cultural conditionings of the knowledge; iii) the implications of the hegemony of a certain methodological conception in economics.

A idéia de nação no século XIX e o marxismo

O texto busca tracar a emergencia e o desenvolvimento tanto do conceito de nacao, de seus pioneiros formuladores, ao final do seculo XVIII e inicio do XIX, como Rousseau, Herder e Fichte, quanto de seus desdobramentos ao longo do seculo XIX, destacando-se, tambem, alguns processos concretos de constituicao de nacoes, em particular os casos dos Estados Unidos, da Italia e da Alemanha. Ao final, discute-se a recepcao da questao nacional por Marx e Engels.

Nações e estilos de economia política

Nations and styles of political economy. This paper investigates the existence of national styles of political economy. The characteristics and determinants of the German, the Austrian, the French, and the English styles are suggested. Some methodological implications for the historical economic thought are outlined.

Roman Rosdolsky (1898-1967): um intelectual em tempos de extremos

This article presents the intellectual trajectory of Roman Rosdolsky, highlighting his contributions to the interpretation of Marxs works and to the historical studies.

Finance and Industrial Evolution: Introductory Notes on A Key Relationship for the Capitalist Accumulation

This paper discusses the role of credit in the capitalist accumulation. It presents Hilferding’s analysis of the financing of corporations and of the role of stock exchange as an agent of the mobilization of capital. Theoretical and historical elements are deployed to support a conjecture about the changing relationship between fictitious and real capital and its relevance for the theoretical analysis of contemporary capitalism.

FACE/UFMG, BDMG e Cedeplar: instituições do planejamento e desenvolvimento de Minas Gerais

O artigo apresenta um panorama sobre as origens e o lugar do BDMG e do Cedeplar/UFMG como instituicoes dedicadas ao estudo do planejamento e desenvolvimento regionais, enfatizando o papel da Faculdade de Ciencias Economicas da UFMG como um espaco de ligacao entre ambas.

O "Outubro" de Marx

This article examines a decisive moment in the critique of political economy developed by Marx, which is the somewhat abrupt choice of the concept of merchandise as a starting point for the book Contribution to a Critique of Political Economy, of 1859. It is known that up until a few months before he delivered his text to the publisher, Marx thought about beginning his book with a chapter on value, similar to what Ricardo had done in his Principles. The theoretical and methodological implications of this choice are well known today. This text seeks to situate the circumstances and meanings of the concept of merchandise in Marxs work.

História econômica e regionalização: contribuição a um desafio teórico-metodológico

This paper intends to contribute to the theoretical and methodological debate on regionalization and history. Firstly, it starts discussing the very concept of region on its several related approaches: geography, political economy, history and historiography. Then, a methodological issue is analyzed, that is to say: the paper tries to articulate the most important criteria of spatial segmentation embedded on regionalization (analytical functionalism, heterogeneity and homogeneity) with: a) the necessity of non-anachronism; and b) the necessity of a historical dynamic approach on definition of regional boundaries.

Knowledge and Interest in Economics

The article argues the need to preserve the pluralism in economy. The article examines: i) the nature of the knowledge and of its production; ii) the specificity of the knowledge production in economics and the historical and cultural conditionings of the knowledge; iii) the implications of the hegemony of a certain methodological conception in economics.

Nations and Styles of Political Economy

We investigate the existence of national styles of political economy and suggest the characteristics and determinants of the German, Austrian, French, and English styles. Some methodological implications for the history economic thought are outlined.