Burlamaqui- 2025

Leonardo Burlamaqui is a Brazilian economist known for his contributions to institutional and evolutionary economics, with a particular focus on innovation, financial governance, and development strategies.

Academic and Professional Background

Burlamaqui serves as a Professor in the Department of Economic Evolution at the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), and Research Professor at the Brazilian School of Advanced Studies (FURJ),  He is also a Research Scholar at the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College in New York and a Senior Fellow at the Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI). Previously, he was a Senior Program Officer at the Ford Foundation in New York, where he directed the “Reforming Global Financial Governance” initiative .

Research Focus

His interdisciplinary work bridges Schumpeterian, Keynesian, and Minskyan frameworks to analyze:

• The role of the state in fostering innovation and structural change
• Financial systems and macroeconomic stability
• Knowledge governance and intellectual property
• Comparative development strategies, notably in Brazil and China

Notable Publications

Burlamaqui has authored and edited several books, including:

• Schumpeter and the Creative Destruction Paradigm (Kindle Books, 2023, in Portuguese)
• Keynes: A Revolutionary Liberal. (Kindle Books, 2023, in Portuguese)  
• Schumpeter’s Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy: A Twenty-First Century Agenda (Routledge, 2019, co-edited with Rainer Kattel)
• Financial Governance, Banking and Financial Instability in Brazil: A Minskyan Perspective (MINDS Books, 2017)
• Minsky Goes Global: Finance and the Political Economy of Forging Ahead and Falling Behind (MINDS Books, 2017)
• Knowledge Governance: Reasserting the Public Interest (Anthem Press, 2012, co-edited with Ana Célia Castro and Rainer Kattel)
• Institutions and the Role of the State (Edward Elgar, 2000, co-edited with Ana Célia Castro and Ha-Joon Chang)

 His scholarly articles delve into topics such as:

• “Development as Leapfrogging, Not Convergence, Not Catch-up” (Review of Political Economy, 2016)
• “Finance, Development and the Chinese Entrepreneurial State: A Schumpeter-Keynes-Minsky Approach” (Revista de Economia Política, 2015)
• “Innovation, Competition and Financial Vulnerability in Economic Development” (Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, 2005)

Online Presence

For a comprehensive overview of his work, including publications, lectures, and research projects, visit his official website: https://lburlamaqui.com.br/  .

Additional resources and profiles:

• Levy Economics Institute: 
• Google Scholar 
• ResearchGate
• Academia.edu

Burlamaqui’s work offers valuable insights into the interplay between state policies, innovation, and economic development.