A teoria do regime de acumulação financeirizado: conteúdo, alcance e interrogações
This paper provides a synthesis of the approaches to the financialized accumulation regime, showing both the problems and the potentialities of the theories that deal with it. It tries to describe the main systemic features of the financialized regime, while questioning its virtuous character and even its viability. It concludes that it is possible, if not probable, that the regime will soon face a crisis whose epicenter will be in the United States.
CENTRALIZAÇÃO DO CAPITAL NO SETOR IMOBILIÁRIO E RECONFIGURAÇÃO DAS METRÓPOLES /// \\\ THE CENTRALIZATION OF CAPITAL IN THE PROPERTY SECTOR AND THE RESTRUCTURING OF METROPOLITAN AREAS
IFollowing the recent changes in Brazil’s real estate industry, many researches have focused on the economic and socio-spatial effects of the appearence of large, nationally-operating business groups. In discussing the economic forces behind this expansion of a small group of developers, it is common (though implicit) the understanding that the centralization of capital was delayed in this sector due to regional elites’ capacity to preserve the property sector as an exclusive field for the operation of their capitals. While recognizing that the argument may be partially valid, we argue that the late development of large property business groups results, primarily, from the unique character of property as a commodity, which creates obstacles to the centralization of capital in the real estate sector. The paper is divided into three sections. Initially, we offer a few theoretical signposts around the concept of centralization of capital. Then, in the second part, we discuss the economic circumstances that differentiate the centralization of capital in the real estate sector. Finally, we consider the relevance of the concept of centralization to deal with recent changes in urban areas.
Pioneer 10 Observations of the Ultraviolet Glow in the Vicinity of Jupiter
A two-channel ultraviolet photometer aboard Pioneer 10 has made several observations of the ultraviolet glow in the wavelength range from 170 to 1400 angstroms in the vicinity of Jupiter. Preliminary results indicate a Jovian hydrogen (1216 angstrom) glow with a brightness of about 1000 rayleighs and a helium (584 angstrom) glow with a brightness of about 10 to 20 rayleighs. In addition, Jupiter appears to have an extensive hydrogen torus surrounding it in the orbital plane of Io. The mean diameter of the torus is about equal to the diameter of the orbit of Io. Several observations of the Galilean satellites have also occurred but only a rather striking Io observation has been analyzed to date. If the observed Io glow is predominantly that of Lyman-α, the surface brightness is about 10,000 rayleighs.