Sowing the Seeds of Bolsonaro
Far-right president Jair Bolsonaro was lifted to power by the mass mobilization of the Brazilian middle classes. But it wouldn’t have been possible without years of failed austerity policies.
1 Article by: Esther Dweck
Esther Dweck is a professor of economics at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, working on growth and development economics; she previously served as secretary of the Brazilian Federal Budget.