HAYEK, CAMPOS, AND THE DEFENSE OF AUTHORITARIANISM
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.22456/2176-5456.81423Keywords:
F. A. Hayek, Roberto Campos, International diffusion of economic thoughtAbstract
The aim of the paper is to enhance the comprehension of Roberto Campos’s
thinking, particularly with regard to his defense of authoritarian regimes, especially the
Brazilian military dictatorship. The hypothesis of the work is that the subtle change in
Campos’s argument in defense of Brazil’s military coup of 1964 may be related to the
know fact that Campos’s got closer to the thinking of F. A. Hayek during 70’s and 80’s.
Hayek’s conception of authoritarian regimes is clarified in the paper, followed by a
discussion by the Review of Political Economy on the subject. Afterwards, there is a
contextualization of Roberto Campos’ experience regarding the military dictatorship,
accompanied by an exposition of the evolution of his thought and approach of the
Hayekian approach with regard to authoritarianism and the failures of democracy,
which can be interpreted as a case of international diffusion of economic thought.
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