Portugal está superando crise econômica sem recorrer a fórmulas de austeridade, diz The Economist (4/2017) publicado pela BBC. “…Portugal conseguiu reduzir seu deficit orçamentário à metade em 2016, chegando a 2,1% do Produto Interno Bruto (PIB). Trata-se do melhor…
Big economic ideas: Breakthroughs and brickbats published by The Economist (7/2016). “It is easy enough to criticise economists: too superior, too blinkered, too often wrong. Paul Samuelson, one of the discipline’s great figures, once lampooned stockmarkets for predicting nine…
The slumps that shaped modern finance published by The Economist, indicated by Mauricio David. “Finance is not merely prone to crises, it is shaped by them. Five historical crises show how aspects of today’s financial system originated – and…
Tax reform in America – Simple, fairer, possible published by The Economist (7/2013). “No one denies that America’s tax code is a mess. It is unintelligible, which is why 90% of taxpayers use an accountant or commercial software to…
The Nordic countries – The next supermodel published by The Economist (02/2013) indicated by Antonio Kandir. “All Western politicians claim to promote transparency and technology. The Nordics can do so with more justification than most. The performance of all…
Gini back in the bottle – An unequal continent is becoming less on, published by The Economist (10/2012). “Ms Martins’s sucess is striking, even in Santa Marta. But it mirrors a trend that has swept the whole of Latin…
Having your cake – Less inequality does not need to mean less efficiency published by The Economist (10/2012) “…Milton Friedman argued that greater inequality would spur people to work harder and boost productivity. Gary Becker, of the University of…
Emerging markets – Dream on? published by The Economist. “The big emerging economies may never again grow as fast as they did after 2003. But the BRICs scenarios did not assume they all would. In its latest projections, released…
Emerging markets – The great slowdown published by The Economist. “In the past decade emerging markets have established themselves as the world’s best sprinters…This week the Internacional Monetary Fund sharplu cut its growth forecast for three of the four…
Public-sector pay in Brazil – Shaming the unshameable – How the bureaucrats rob the taxpayers published by The Economist. “By law, public-sector workers cannot be fired or have their pay cut. But publication of pay details will give the…