Tag: inequality
We Need Jails. Education Alone Won’t Put Brazil Together Again.
Some problems are not solved in isolation. One example of this is the violence, ...
Brazil Is a Fearless Country. And That’s Its Weakness.
Last week during a flight between Paris and Baku, Azerbaijan, I had the opportunity ...
Inequality Is As Brazilian As the Weather and the Beaches
On Sunday, February 5, the Brazilian TV program Fantástico presented three shocking reports. One ...
Brazil Is in Need of a Social Shock and an End to Privilege
In a July 1998 Veja magazine interview I suggested that, were he to be ...
In Brazil, Inequality Is a Heirloom Passed from One Generation to the Next
Why are there rich and poor countries? Why are there rich and poor continents? ...
International Study Shows Machismo Is Still King in Brazil
Brazil appears in 51st place in the report, “The Power of Women, an Evaluation ...
Experts and NGOs Brainstorm Ways to Ease Brazil’s Poverty
Bazilian scientists, representatives of government agencies and non-governmental organizations, and university students have been ...
IMF Urges Brazil to Fight Poverty and Inequality
Since the 2002 crisis, and in the context of a favorable external environment, Brazil’s ...
In Brazil, Hope Springs for a Month
The Brazilian consumer is a little more optimistic now than a month ago and ...
In Brazil, Still a Long Way to Go, Baby
Female participation in the working world in Brazil is marked by far lower salaries ...
