The New Center-Periphery Relations (opens in new tab)

A new paper (in Portuguese) by Carlos Medeiros and Esther Majerowicz analyzes the economic relationship between China and Brazil using the center–periphery framework developed by Raúl Prebisch. It argues that, in the 21st century, this relationship reflects a dual process: China’s rise as a new global economic “center” and Brazil’s passive adaptation as a peripheral economy, reinforcing asymmetric development patterns.A key claim is that China has become central not just because of its size, ...