Celso Furtado e progresso técnico

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to analyse as the technical progress is dealt in the theory of development of Celso Furtado. In a first moment, it discusses the characteristics of technical progress in developed and underdeveloped economies. After this initial consideration, the paper Celso Furtado e o progresso técnico Herton Castiglioni Lopes Doutor em Economia pela UFRGS. Professor Adjunto da UFFS. Revista da sociedade brasileira de economia política 121 43 / fevereiro 2016 – maio 2016 highlights the conditioning factors of technical progress from the point of view of demand, that put underdeveloped nations under conditions of dependence. Finally, it presents a synthesis of determining factors of technical progress in underdevelopment. From the point of view of productive structure (conditions of supply), it demonstrates that Furtado has recognised technical progress as the mere diffusion of productive methods created in central economies. From the point of view of demand, technical progress is conditioned by cultural dependency of sectors of higher income in peripheral economies