This article analyzes the allocation of resources of 2010's Brazilian and French national budgets, with emphasis on social security, by showing trends in the allocation of public funds, the impact of the dynamics of public debt and the finance of all expenditure. Above all, it analyzes the similarities and differences between the different historical experiences and conditions of a peripheral capitalist country and a central one, which are, however, involved in the whole capitalist logic.
Public fund; Public budget; Social security; France; Brazil
