Brazil is a country that works hard but reaps little. For decades, politicians have used growth as a promise but have ignored the central driver of any lasting prosperity: productivity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In this special series, the Power & Market<\/em> analyzed the causes of productive stagnation in Brazil and the possible ways to break this cycle. Based on a classical liberal approach and critical of state interventionism, we explored the pillars that support \u2014 or sabotage \u2014 real economic development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Productivity is not just an economic issue. It is the border between a free and prosperous country and a country trapped in rhetoric and welfare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While the state machine expands and the cost of Brazil increases, those who pay the bill are the workers, the small entrepreneurs and the investors who still believe in the future of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Productivity cannot be imposed by decree. But it can be stifled by regulation, taxes, protectionism and a State that prefers to control rather than liberate.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Productivity is more than a statistic \u2014 it\u2019s a moral and political issue. As long as Brazil continues to treat the market as an enemy and the State as a savior, it will continue to reap little \u2014 even when it works hard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And that's why, to transform effort into results, there is no substitute for the free market.<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Encerramento da s\u00e9rie sobre produtividade no Brasil: veja o que realmente trava o crescimento do pa\u00eds e por que apenas o livre mercado pode romper o ciclo de estagna\u00e7\u00e3o, d\u00e9ficit e empobrecimento.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAow55rbCw:productID":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[575,199,158],"tags":[624,395,452,226,98,95,60,618,623],"class_list":["post-734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-a-armadilha-da-produtividade-no-brasil","category-analises-deconjuntura","category-series-speciais","tag-analise-critica","tag-crescimento-economico","tag-estado-brasileiro","tag-intervencionismo","tag-liberdade-economica","tag-livre-mercado","tag-produtividade","tag-reformas-liberais","tag-serie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poderemercado.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/poderemercado.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/poderemercado.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poderemercado.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poderemercado.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/poderemercado.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poderemercado.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poderemercado.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poderemercado.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poderemercado.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\n\n\n\ud83d\udcda Check out the articles in the series:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Understand the central concept that determines wages, competitiveness and growth \u2014 and why it is ignored by political discourse.
\ud83d\udc49 Read the full post<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
International comparisons show that the problem is not effort \u2014 it\u2019s return.
\ud83d\udc49 Read the full post<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
A direct analysis of the institutional failures that hinder the country's growth.
\ud83d\udc49 Read the full post<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
How too much government hinders those who produce, inhibits competition and creates unproductive privileges.
\ud83d\udc49 Read the full post<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
Productivity is the key to real wages, stability and economic freedom.
\ud83d\udc49 Read the full post<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
Unproductivity is costly: less investment, more debt and loss of purchasing power.
\ud83d\udc49 Read the full post<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
Pro-market reforms, trade openness and reduction of barriers are the only viable path to prosperity.
\ud83d\udc49 Read the full post<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nWhat's at stake<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nConclusion<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
It is the concrete expression of economic freedom, meritocracy and voluntary cooperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n