POLITICAL CONJUNCTURE

2009. Muçulmanos descobriram que a religião pode ser um grande instrumento para o surgimento de uma nação (Article:Folha de S.Paulo).

2009. The Islamic people discovered that religion can be a major instrument to transform a people into a nation. (Article: Folha de S. Paulo)

2009. The immigrants have no alternative but to fight in order to see their right to multiculturalism respected in the new country. (Article: Folha de S. Paulo).

2009. The G20 increased the resources of IMF rich countries say that is to help developing countries actually the main objective is also to save their own banks that made irresponsible loans to equally irresponsible countries. (Article: Folha de S.Paulo).

2009. A medida para a compra de títulos podres nos EUA é inovadora e abre espaço para o próprio mercado atuar (Article: Folha de S.Paulo).

2009. A lógica da guerra, tão irracional quão implacável, só será quebrada quando mudar a política dos EUA (Article: Folha de S.Paulo).

2008. Se os bancos continuarem a ser socorridos sem serem nacionalizados, não haverá a reestruturação necessária (Article: Folha de S.Paulo).

2008. In globalization national autonomy became more strategic. The meetings of the regions chiefs of state without the the presence of major foreign powers is welcome. (Article: Folha de S.Paulo).

2008. No debate sobre o pré-sal, o problema básico é capturar e depois usar bem as "rendas ricardianas" do petróleo (Article: Folha de S.Paulo).

2007. It a mistake to believe that Lula is working for a third mandate. He knows that democracy is consolidated in Brazil, and that such constitutional amendment has no chance of being approved. (Article: Folha de S.Paulo,5.11.2007)

2007. The "state foundations" (fundações estatais)are welcome because they show that the Lula administration accepted the "social organizations" concept to offer social and scientific services. Yet, public hospitals should be transformed immediately in social organizations, instead of waiting that the new law is approved. (Article Folha de S.Paulo).

2007. It is possible and desirable to have a national agreement assuring a more competitive exchange rate. (Article: Folha de S.Paulo).

2007. (Article: Folha de S.Paulo).

2007. The Europeian Union cannot live an agreement which is essential for it dependent on the vote of individual countries. If a nation realy do not agree, there is the alternative of leaving the Union. (Article: Folha de S.Paulo).

2007. Interview to Cristiane Barbieri on Bresser-Pereira's latest book Macroeconomia da Estagnação. New developmentalism is a third discourse between old developmentalism and conventional orthodoxy.(Interview: Folha de S.Paulo).

2007. The Lula administration is changing and Mangabeira Unger was right in accepting the President's invitation.(Article Folha de S.Paulo).

2007. The French are not choosing between two projects of nation they already have a good one. (Article: Folha de S.Paulo).

2007. with Paulo Modesto. The medium term solution of the flight controllers crisis depends on structural management reforms. (Article in Folha de S.Paulo)

2007. The Brazilian society is seek because the it faces quasi-stagnation and crisis and has not a clear assessement of the problems it faces.(Article: Folha de S.Paulo).

2007. Finally, Brazil has a nationalist representative at IMF. Paulo Nogueira Batista Jr. will face many other nationalist in Washington, although none will admit it.(Article: Folha de S.Paulo).