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. He was an activist of the Revolutionary Left Movement of Chile, becoming a member of the Central Community in 1972 and director of his theoretical journal Marxismo y Revolución. Provided by Wikipedia