Brazil has one of the highest tax burdens in the world and one of the worst returns on public services. Here, taxes are not the price of civilization—they are the cost of sustaining a failed state.
Closing of the series on productivity in Brazil: see what really hinders the country's growth and why only the free market can break the cycle of stagnation, deficit and impoverishment....
Series: The Productivity Trap in Brazil – Part 2 Introduction Brazilians work, on average, more hours per year than their counterparts in Europe or the United States — but produce far less. The reality is...
Brazil spends like a rich country, but delivers services like a poor country. This analysis reveals how the lack of administrative reform protects privileges, perpetuates inefficiency, and prevents any fiscal solution...
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