This article analyzes Brazilian macroeconomic policy and its economic performance as a response to the Great Recession. First, we present a theoretical analysis of Keynesian economic policies to coordinate and stabilize the dynamic of monetary economies. Second, we analyze Brazilian...

This paper aims to answer a very basic question asked by not only Brazilians, but people in other developing countries where liberal reform agendas were oversold, namely: why has China grown so rapidly and Brazil not. The first section establishes the basis for comparison between China and...

Fernando Cardim de Carvalho is Professor emeritus for economics at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. His research interests include monetary economics and economic policies. He was a consultant for the National Social and Development Bank of Brazil and for the Economic Commission for...

The Cinturão Digital do Ceará (CDC) is a pioneering infrastructure project that delivers broadband access to large cities, small towns and rural areas throughout the State of Ceará in northeast Brazil. The CDC was built and operated using a unique business model that innovates on the standard...