 The Livraria José Olympio bookstore got into a crisis that began with the collapse in the stock market.In the 1970s, he tried to buy Companhia Editora Nacional.On May 3, 1990, when he died, José Olympio was no longer owner of the publishing house that bore his name, because after being taken over by the BNDES in the 70s, it was bought by Record in 2001; today it belongs to Grupo Editorial Record.