O centenário de Ignácio Rangel

In February 2014, celebrating the centenary of Ignácio Rangel - one of the most original thinkers of the Brazilian economy. This article aims to summarize the main points of his work, considering that his theoretical contribution is poorly known of the new generations. It was one of the first to associate the internal cycles of our economy to the cycles of the world economy through the thesis of duality. Inflation was part of the "syndrome of the recession." Out of recession, there should be transfer of resources from activities with idle capacity for latecomers sectors, in case public services.