In our interview with Leda Paulani, we talked about his theoretical contributions to Marxian political economy, especially about money in its contradictory character and financialization and rentierism as characteristic aspects of the current phase of capitalism. We discuss the role of the State in capitalism and how it operates in its financialized phase, with Brazil as an emblematic case of this relationship. Dealing with our country, we delve into the history of the local acclimatization of neoliberalism and its austerity regime, referring to the country's history since the end of the dictatorship. We arrive, in the end, at the “tight clothes” of our current economy, in which, according to Leda, we are walking “on thin ice”.
Leda Paulani has a degree in Economics and Social Communication from USP. She has a PhD in Economic Theory from the Institute of Economic Research at the University of São Paulo and is a full professor at the Faculty of Economics and Administration at the same university. She works mainly with Political Economy and Marxism, Economic Methodology, History of Economic Ideas, Brazilian Economy and Social Accounting. In addition to her academic activities at USP, she was president of the Brazilian Society of Political Economy, municipal secretary of planning, budget and management at the City of São Paulo and, finally, in 2020, awarded the “Economic Personality of the Year” award promoted by the Federal Economic Council.
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