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DEMOCRACY ECONOMY EDITORIAL INTERNATIONAL MEDIA LAVA JATO LAWFARE MEDIA PETROBRAS POLITICS UNDERSTANDING BRASIL

Brasil’s Shock Doctrine

“Only a crisis, real or perceived, produces real change.” – Milton Friedman. Brasil is having a horrible 2015; a far less favourable global economic situation, a number of policy misjudgements made early in President Rousseff’s first mandate and rolling scandals that have followed 2014’s election have resulted in flurry of headlines both at home and abroad decrying “Brasil in Crisis” or “On […]