Capital accumulation, crisis, and labor market in modern Brazil

Abstract This article presents the recent changes in the Brazilian labor market, resulting from the recessionary dynamics of the world capitalist economy of the last decades manifested since the 2007-2008 crisis. It observes the insertion of Brazil in the global capitalist economy and the foundations supporting the processes of reproduction of capital, analyzing some indicators of the labor market related to the labor-power employment, wage, rates of formalization and turnover, in light of central tendencies and determinations of today’s process of expanded reproduction of capital. The study contributes to clarify phenomena such as the tendency to identify formal and informal work, the reconstitution of the industrial reserve army, wage repression and intensification of labor, which are promoted by the ongoing “reforms” in Brazil.

摘要 本文阐述了2007-2008年金融危机以来显现的近数十年来世界资本主义经济衰退动态给巴西劳动力市场带来的最新变化。文章考察了巴西在全球资本主义经济中的嵌入状况，以及支撑资本再生产进程的基础条件，并结合当前资本扩大再生产进程的核心趋势与规定性，分析了与劳动力雇佣、薪资、正规化率及就业流转率相关的多项劳动力市场指标。本研究有助于厘清巴西当前各项"改革"所推动的诸多现象，包括正规与非正规就业的分化趋势、产业后备军的重构、工资压制以及劳动强度强化等问题。