Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira
Revista de Economia Política 5(4), outubro 1985: 5-14. Aula inaugural pronunciada na Faculdade de Economia e Administração da Universidade de São Paulo, em 8.3.1985.
From the assumption that Economics or Political Economy is a science ideologically conditioned, the author distinguishes a conservative from a progressist or liberal approach. This distinction is made in three levels: 1) basic theory, more specifically value theory; 2) macroeconomic theory; 3) economic policy.