Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira

Texto para Discussão EESP/FGV n. 280, maio 2011.

Besides analyzing capitalist societies historically and think them in terms of phases or stages, we may compare different models or varieties of capitalism. In this work I make a survey of the literature on this subject, distinguish the classification that have a production or business approach to the ones that use mainly a political criterion. And present my own view on the matter that views five forms of capitalism. Among the rich countries, I see the "liberal-democratic or Anglo-Saxon model, the social or European model, and endogenous social integration or Japanese model among developing countries, I distinguish the Asian developmental model from the liberal-dependent model that characterizes most other developing countries including Brazil.