Street vendors are repressed for selling on the street, while state-owned companies distribute dividends even at a loss. In Brazil, the law is used to punish the weak and protect the strong — a selective legality...
Consumer protection legislation, sold as citizen protection, has become an instrument of economic coercion, protection of elites and blocking of innovation. The discourse of viroprotection...
In Brazil, the biggest enemy of entrepreneurs is not the competition — it is the State. Discover how bureaucracy, legal uncertainty and the most complex tax system in the world sabotage those who try to...
The government injects billions in incentives for privileged sectors, but the citizens are the ones who foot the bill: inflation, debt and loss of purchasing power. Understand why subsidies are a weapon...
Critical post that analyzes how excessive regulation, instead of protecting, inhibits innovation and concentrates economic power. It argues that bureaucracy is often used as an instrument of control...
Despite popular discourse, Brazil is far from being a capitalist country. This article dismantles the myth of “Brazilian neoliberalism” and exposes how the current system favors cronyism, bureaucracy, and the...
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