THE EMERGENCE OF BRAZIL ON THE WORLD STAGE

A review essay on books by 1) Lael Brainard, Leonardo Martinez-Diaz [Eds], Brazil as an Economic Superpower? Understanding Brazil's Changing Role in the Global Economy (2009); 2) Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira, Developing Brazil: Overcoming the Failure of the Washington Consensus (2009); Albert Fishlow, Starting Over: Brazil since 1985 (2011); 3) Riordan Roett, The New Brazil (2010); 4) Larry Rohter, Brazil on the Rise: The Story of a Country Transformed (2010); 5) Ignacy Sachs, Jorge Wilheim, Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, Robert N. Anderson [Tr], Jerry Davila, Brazil: A Century of Change (2009).