About
Bruno Theodosio, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of economics who specializes in political economy, with a strong focus on probabilistic thinking and mathematical methods applied to economic ideas. His research aims to uncover the inner workings of capitalism and reveal the underlying dynamics governing economic variables. His interests lie at the intersection of political economy, heterodox macroeconomics, the history of economic thought, and quantitative empirical methods, including Maximum Entropy Economics and Bayesian techniques.
His research focuses on understanding systems characterized by complex, non-additive interactions among individuals. These interactions are shaped by institutions that influence, organize, and regulate the resulting social outcomes. Such systems often produce recurring patterns that manifest as statistical emergent effects in the macroeconomy. His work aims to unfold the mechanisms that generate these aggregate social outcomes and explore the connection between individual actions and social phenomena.
The objective of his research is to study how social and economic institutions shape the distributional outcomes of variables such as wealth, income, profits, wages, and output. He seeks to formulate a statistically grounded theory that elucidates the institutional and structural components of economic systems, thereby enhancing the understanding of observed macroeconomic phenomena and regularities.
Education
- Ph.D., The University of Utah
Dissertation: “Essays on Labor Theory of Value, Competition, and Profit Rates: A Statistical Equilibrium Approach” - M.S., Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Dissertation: “Determinants of Capital Accumulation in Brazil between 2000 and 2016: Profitability, Distribution, Technology, and Financialization” - B.S., University of São Paulo
Dissertation: “Apparent Forms of Crises in Marx”
Research interests and areas of expertise
- Political economy
- Statistical equilibrium
- Heterodox macroeconomics
- History of economic thought
- Crisis theory