Education
He studied philosophy at the University of Sao Paulo, earned a doctoral degree and a post-doctorate in economics at the State University of Campinas and the University of Oxford, respectively.
He studied philosophy at the University of Sao Paulo, earned a doctoral degree and a post-doctorate in economics at the State University of Campinas and the University of Oxford, respectively.
He fled as a child with his family as a refugee to Brazil wfhen he was 14 years old, fleeing from the conflict of World World War World War II He has written not only on economics, but also on the History of Brazil, Agricultural Economics, History of Economic Thought and the History of Science. He has worked as a professor in the State University of Campinas and gave classes in France and Ecuador for many years until his death.