Ruy Mauro Marini

About Ruy Mauro Marini

Ruy Mauro de Araújo Marini (May 2, 1932 – July 5, 1997) was a Brazilian economist and sociologist. Marini is internationally known as one of the creators of dependency theory, Super-exploitation, and Unequal exchange. He is the author of the work "Dialéctica de la Dependencia" (Dialectic of Dependency), in which, using elements of the theory of economic development of Karl Marx adapted to the study of Latin American reality, he explains the necessity of overcoming the developmentalism of ECLAC.