Adolph Wagner's economic thought in Brazil: money and public finance in the turn of the 20th century

This paper addresses the dissemination of German economist Adolph Wagner's ideas in Brazil. It shows that his monetary thinking, inspired by Thomas Tooke and the Banking School, as well as his ideas on public finance, particularly the law of increasing state spending, were assimilated by two Br...

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Veröffentlicht in:The European journal of the history of economic thought 2019-05, Vol.26 (3), p.464-501
1. Verfasser: Bruzzi Curi, Luiz Felipe
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This paper addresses the dissemination of German economist Adolph Wagner's ideas in Brazil. It shows that his monetary thinking, inspired by Thomas Tooke and the Banking School, as well as his ideas on public finance, particularly the law of increasing state spending, were assimilated by two Brazilian economic thinkers: Rui Barbosa and Vieira Souto. The way these policymakers incorporated Wagner's ideas into their texts and the arguments with which they chose to engage show the kind of economic discourse they were shaping in Brazil. This analysis reveals the different functions that the original ideas could perform in another national context.
ISSN:0967-2567
1469-5936
DOI:10.1080/09672567.2019.1622755