Notes on the thought of Ignácio Rangel on the centenary of his birth. This paper is a tribute to one of the greatest Brazilian intellectuals of the XX th century, Ignácio Rangel, at the Centenary of his birth. The two analytical pillars of his thought are discussed, namely the thesis of the long term "basic duality" of the Brazilian economy and of the national political structure, and the idea that economic planning should always involve the identification and use of idle resources. It is argued that his ideas on history and his defense of planning integrate a wider development theory, which combines structural change (industrialization, agrarian modernization, the strengthening of the financial capital, etc.) and a macro-dynamic approach on idle capacity and economic cycles. By way if conclusion the ideas are evaluated from a XXI st century perspective.Keywords: Ignácio Rangel; basic duality; economic cycles. JEL Classification: 2B.Há cem anos nasceu Ignácio Rangel e há vinte nos deixou, depois de uma vida excepcionalmente produtiva. Participou bem jovem da Revolução de 1930. Em seguida, integrou a Aliança Nacional Libertadora (ANL), logo considerada ilegal. Tornou-se autodidata na prisão, quando iniciou uma revisão crítica das principais teses defendidas pela esquerda. Manteve-se fiel à formação marxista, mas, ao longo do tempo, formulou uma construção analítica própria, uma criativa adaptação do materialismo histórico ao caso do Brasil. Afastou-se de todas as correntes de pensamento consolidadas, inclusive em seu próprio campo ideológico, o socialista,
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