Albert Fishlow: um grande amigo do Brasil...

Mas nem por isso menos crítico, ou realista como economista.
Eu até acho ele muito condescendente em relação às bobagens (e barbeiragens) de políticas macroeconômicas e setoriais que são sempre cometidas pelos governistas brasileiros -- atenção, de qualquer vertente: tucanos iludidos, petistas esquizofrênicos, liberais estatizantes, keynesianos ingênuos e tutti quanti pululam em torno do governo, sempre em busca de prebendas e apoios financeiros -- mas devemos dar o desconto que ele não quer ter aquele ar professoral-arrogante de sempre dizer o que se deve fazer, isso porque ele sabe dos constrangimentos políticos que cercam quaisquer definições de políticas econômicas.
Albert Fishlow merece ser homenageado com um livro, pelos economistas brasileiros, da mesma forma como Werner Baer, este sim um keynesiano moderado.
Minha modesta homenagem a América Latina Fishlow, neste post.
Paulo Roberto de Almeida


Book Launch: Starting Over: Brazil since 1985
by Albert Fishlow

When:

Tuesday, September 13, 2011  Registration: 5:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Presentation: 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Reception: 7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Where:

AS/COA 680 Park Avenue New York, NY Map of location

In cooperation with the Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce, Inc.

In Starting Over: Brazil since 1985, author Albert Fishlow reflects on how the changes that Brazil has undergone over the last twenty years have transformed the social, political, economic, and diplomatic realms in that country and will affect its future, and especially influence Dilma Rousseff's presidency.

Albert Fishlow is Professor Emeritus at both the University of California-Berkeley and Columbia University. He was a Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics at the Council of Foreign Relations and professor of economics and director of the Center for International & Area Studies at Yale University. He served as deputy assistant secretary of state for Inter-American Affairs from 1975 to 1976, and received the National Order of the Southern Cross from the government of Brazil in 1999. Fishlow's published research has addressed issues in economic history, Latin American development strategies, as well as economic relations between industrialized and developing countries. Since the 1960s he has written extensively about the Brazilian economy, with seminal contributions ranging from the history and impact of import substitution, industrialization policies and debt crises, income distribution and social welfare, inflation and macroeconomic policies.

Confirmed Speakers:

• Otaviano Canuto, Vice President and Head of Poverty Reduction and Economic Management (PREM), World Bank
  
• Albert Fishlow, Professor Emeritus, International and Public affairs, Columbia University, Director, Center for Brazilian Studies, and Director, Institute for Latin American Studies, Columbia University.
• Christopher Sabatini, Senior Director, Policy, Americas Society/Council of the Americas and Editor-in-Chief, Americas Quarterly
• Lisa Schineller, Director, Latin American Sovereign Ratings, Standard & Poor's
• Paulo Vieira da Cunha, Principal, Emerging Markets, Tandem Global Partners

Prior registration is required.

Registration Fee: $35.00 for AS, COA and BACC members; $50.00 for non-members. Includes a signed Copy of Starting Over.

Event Information: Please contact Sophia Costa at scosta@as-coa.org or 212-277-8369 or visit www.as-coa.org.
Press Inquiries: Please contact Alex Andrews at aandrews@as-coa.org or 212-277-2384.
Cancellation Policy: Please contact Juan Serrano via e-mail atjserrano@counciloftheamericas.org, by 3:00 p.m., Monday, September 12, 2011.