The "Vanderbilt Boys" and the Modernization of Brazilian Economics

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ID5142676
AutoresCarlos Eduardo Suprinyak (0000-0003-0360-8217), Ramón García Fernández (0000-0002-4198-0792)
Ano2021
Volume53
Fascículo5
Páginas893-924
Data de publicação2021-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoHistory of Political Economy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0018-2702 • E-ISSN: 1527-1919
EditoraDuke University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1215/00182702-9395100
OpenAlexW3216702541
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências citadas27

Economics as a scholarly discipline was transformed in Latin America during the 1960s and 1970s, when many countries in the region received financial and academic support from US institutions ostensibly aimed at "modernizing" the standards of training and research in the field. Even though Chile remains the most well-known case, similar developments took place in Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, and elsewhere. In Brazil, the restructuring of economics derived much of its strength from a cooperation agreement signed between Vanderbilt University and the University of São Paulo, financially backed by USAID and the Ford Foundation. This article recovers the early postwar origins of this partnership, the process through which it was implemented during the 1960s, and its influence in reshaping Brazilian scholarly standards. Just as the University of Chicago left a lasting mark on Chilean economics, Vanderbilt also became a pervasive point of reference for the future development of the discipline in Brazil. Different actors, institutions, and contexts, however, ultimately produced quite distinct results in each case

Economic history · Economics · General partnership · Institutional economics · Latin Americans · Modernization theory · Neoclassical economics · Political science · Restructuring · Schools of economic thought · Sociology · Economic Theory and Institutions · Economic Theory and Policy · Law · Public Administration