The Financialization of Health and Education and Inequality in Twenty-first Century Brazil
Pedro Bação,
Diogo Mazeron,
Marta Simões
Abstract:Brazil is often cited for its high levels of inequality. Despite some success in reducing this inequality during the Partido dos Trabalhadores (Workers’ Party—PT) period, the rise of Jair Bolsonaro as Brazil’s president threatens to reverse this trend as he actively seeks to promote policies that will lead to greater financialization of the Brazilian economy. In recent years, several studies have shown that the financialization of the economy as a whole can lead to a rise in inequality, but the financializatio… Show more
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