O plano cruzado: uma abordagem teórica

Abstract

The Cruzado plan was one of the most practical ways of applying the economical theory developed in Brazil during the decade of the 1980's. The approach of this paper brings a study of the inflationary inertia, the heterodox shock proposals and the monetary reform, factors of vital importance on the preparation of the plan. An investigation of the theory behind the theme is made, with fundamental studies from the economists of the Pontifica Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro. Later, the theme approach changes to historical, checking the political overview, the registered facts and, in special, the results of the merging of two divergent politics, the stabilization and development, adopted by the government and planned on the first development national plan of the new republic. By the end, it's made an investigation of the final results, of the way the economic agents react, and of the causes that made the plan fail.