Even without delivering results, the Brazilian state continues to grow: more ministries, more positions, and a larger budget. This analysis shows how inefficiency is rewarded within the state's logic—and co...
While retirees wait months for their benefits, social organizations are embezzling R$6.3 billion with state backing. The INSS waiting list doubled under the Lula administration, which promised to eliminate it. The system...
When the state decides who should win, merit disappears. In this critique, we expose how interventionism penalizes productivity, rewards inefficiency and stifles freedom....
Authorities talk about a new "economic miracle," but the reality for ordinary Brazilians is quite different: loss of purchasing power, high tax burdens, and illusory growth sustained by public spending...
Many politicians still treat the state as the ultimate provider, but ignore the hidden costs of intervention. This post analyzes how "social" state programs often serve private interests.
Lula and Trump share more than just populism: they both resort to the old Latin American tactic of blaming the Central Bank for their own economic mistakes. In this analysis, we compare their discourses to the...
This post concludes the "What Is Printing Money?" series, bringing together the five published articles and highlighting key lessons learned about the impacts of government monetary issuance. The series offers a...
In this fifth post in the series "What Is Printing Money?", we present practical and philosophical solutions to escape the state's inflationary system: from Bitcoin to backed currencies, and through competition...
This fourth post in the "What Is Printing Money?" series shows that monetary expansion doesn't generate real growth, but only inflation, illusion, and government dependence. True wealth arises from the production...
This third post in the "What Is Printing Money?" series debunks the myth that currency creation can generate real growth. Drawing on the Austrian School, the text explains how inflation promotes...
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