Showing posts with label Brazilian politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brazilian politics. Show all posts

Sunday, April 1, 2018

Matias Vernengo — Goodbye Lula?


Backgrounder on Brazil.

This is also a challenge for BRICS in addition to Brazil, since all of these countries have a significant and endemic corruption problem.

Naked Keynesianism
Goodbye Lula?
Matias Vernengo | Associate Professor of Economics, Bucknell University

Friday, December 2, 2016

Matias Vernengo — The Strange Death of Progressive Brazil


Again the Brazilian left shot itself in the head due to economic ignorance leading to the embrace of austerity that tanked the economy. Until the left wises up, it will be shut out of power in most countries.

Naked Keynesianism
The Strange Death of Progressive Brazil
Matias Vernengo | Associate Professor of Economics, Bucknell University