World
The Hormuz shock is again raising the specter of inflation. What will central banks’ response bring for the economies of Latin America?
Soy Republics
Corporate concentration and the far right in South America
The region's role as a key soy exporter has empowered reactionary politics and fuelled ecological resistance, in the biome and beyond.
Pinto’s Lesson
Styles of development in Latin America
Reconciling cepalino and dependency theory, Aníbal Pinto developed a powerful framework for understanding the internal fractures in the working class.
Battlefield Amazonia?
The political economy of the Brazilian rainforest
How the PT's environmental crackdown undermined its own ambitions for the biome.
Matrices of Empire
Explaining the assault on Venezuela
Washington's campaign to weaken Chinese influence in Latin America is crucial context for its abduction of Maduro. Will its aggression backfire?
Meridional
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February 21, 2025
AnalysisControlling Capital
Inflation targeting and external vulnerabilities in the Brazilian economy
Central banks are back in the spotlight. After more than three decades of low inflation in rich countries, the rise in prices observed between 2021 and 2023 forced academic discussions into the public sphere. Such debates are not restricted to…
August 21, 2024
AnalysisThe World’s Stockyard
Agribusiness and the green transition in Brazil
In the age of climate emergency, the developmental drawbacks of being a primary goods exporter may intensify. Besides barriers to climbing the value chain on the world market, the economic cost of becoming the world’s stockyard is compounded by its…