2005. MST may be involved in illegal actions, but it is the only major organization that defends the poor in Brazil, promoting agrarian reform. (Article: Folha de S.Paulo)
BRAZILIAN ECONOMY
ALL TEXTS ON BRAZILIAN ECONOMY
2005. Short note on my interview to the program Roda Viva, da TV-Cultura, em 17.1.2005 (Interview: Agência Estado, 18.1.2005)
2005. Brazi's growth in 2004 was good, but the interest rate trap was not faced, and the exchange rate is again evaluating. No reasons for optimism. (Article: Folha de S.Paulo)
2004. Given the primarily bilateral character of Mercosul, a mechanism should be included in the agreement between Brazil and Argentina in case of trade unbalance. (Article: Folha de S.Paulo)
Francisco Lopes (2004). Bresser planned to make a second stabilization based on the "otenização" - something very similar to the mechanism that was used in the Plano Real to neutralize inertial inflation (Paper).
2004. The Lula administration faces a moral crisis as it did not honor its commitments on changing economic policy. And fears phantasms. (Article: Folha de S.Paulo)
2004. Bresser-Pereira comments the book in his homage, Carlos Lessa's fall, new developmentalism, and his critique to conventional ortodoxy. (Interview: Globo on Line).
2004. José Serras election opens the opportunity for PSDB to discuss the ongoing incompetent macroeconomic policy . (Article: Folha de S.Paulo).
2005. The perverse macroeconomic model of the Brazilian economy combining high interest rate and low exchange rate with growth with foreign savings and quasi-stagnation. (In edited book, Novo Desenvolvimentismo)*
2004. What should be the national agenda, as it was discussed in the 1o. Fórum de Economia da Fundação Getúlio Vargas". (Note: Conjuntura Econômica)
2004. The high basic interest rate (Selic) is today the basic obstacle to a true macroeconomic stabilization. (Article: Folha de S.Paulo).
2004. The critique of the growth cum foreign savings strategy adopted in the Cardoso administration. Foreign finance does not cause growth. Spanish version available. (Paper: International Journal of Political Economy)*
2004. The growth cum foreign savings strategy and the consequent exchange rate evaluation is the basic cause behind Cardoso administration's poor economic performance. Translation of "O Segundo Consenso de Washington e a Quase-estagnação do Brasil". (Paper: Problèmes d'Amérique Latine)*
2004. Between 1998 and 2003 foreign savings fell 5% and domestic savings increased correspondingly, financed by a reduction in real wages (brought by exchange rate depreciation) and a diminution of the budget deficit. (Article: Folha de S.Paulo)
2004. Institutional reforms are required but are not the central priority in Brazil. (Article: Folha de S.Paulo)
2004. The method that Celso Furtado utilizes is essentially historical his passion - a measured passion - is Brazil. A survey of Furtado's work. Portuguese and English versions available. (Paper: Revista de La CEPAL)*
2004. Main economic objectives for Brazil and their viability. First regular column (every 14 days) in FSP-Dinheiro. (Article: Folha de S.Paulo).
2004. The risk involved in exporting commodites is to have the exchange rate basically determined by their costs - what may turn inviable to export manufactured goods with high added value. (Interview to Gazeta Mercantil)
2004. Policies recommended by Washington are rather a reaction to the threat represented by the new industrial countries than a genuine contribution to their economic growth. Survey of the book of Ha-Joon Chang. (Article: Folha de S.Paulo)
2004. Since 1980 Brazil's economic growth has been frustrating, bust social and political development was real, as the 1995 Public Management Reform demonstrates. (Paper: Revista de Administração Pública)*