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1、Brazil’sfutureHasBrazilblownit?Astagnanteconomy,abloatedstateandmassprotestsmeanDilmaRousseffmustchangecourseSep28th2013
2、Fromtheprintedition··TweetFOURyearsagothisnewspaperputonitscoverapictureofthestatueofChristtheRedeemerascendinglikearocketfromRiodeJaneiro’sCorcovadomountain,undertherubric“
3、Braziltakesoff”.Theeconomy,havingstabilisedunderFernandoHenriqueCardosointhemid-1990s,acceleratedunderLuizInácioLuladaSilvaintheearly2000s.ItbarelystumbledaftertheLehmancollapsein2008andin2010grewby7.5%,itsstrongestperformanceinaquarter-century.Toaddtothemagic,Brazilwasawardedbothnextyear’sfoo
4、tballWorldCupandthesummer2016Olympics.Onthestrengthofallthat,Lulapersuadedvotersinthesameyeartochooseaspresidenthistechnocraticprotégée,DilmaRousseff.Sincethenthecountryhascomebackdowntoearthwithabump.In2012theeconomygrewby0.9%.HundredsofthousandstooktothestreetsinJuneinthebiggestprotestsforag
5、eneration,complainingofhighlivingcosts,poorpublicservicesandthegreedandcorruptionofpoliticians.Manyhavenowlostfaithintheideathattheircountrywasheadedfororbitanddiagnosedjustanothervoodegalinha(chickenflight),astheydubbedpreviousshort-livedeconomicspurts.Inthissection·Thenewfaceofterror·HasBraz
6、ilblownit?·Sendingthewrongsmoke-signal·Angela’sdilemma·Curbyourenthusiasm·RememberwhatyouoncewereReprintsRelatedtopics·Brazil·DilmaRousseffThereareexcusesforthedeceleration.Allemergingeconomieshaveslowed.SomeoftheimpulsesbehindBrazil’spreviousboom—thepay-offfromendingrunawayinflationandopening
7、uptotrade,commoditypricerises,bigincreasesincreditandconsumption—haveplayedthemselvesout.AndmanyofLula’spolicies,notablytheBolsaFamíliathathelpedlift25mpeopleoutofpoverty,wereadmirable.Theworld’smostburdensometaxcodeButBrazilhasdonefartoolittletoreformitsgovernmentintheboomyears.Itisnotalonein
8、this:Indiahadasimilarchance,andmissedit.ButBrazil’spublicsectorimposesaparticularlyheavyburdenonitsprivatesector,asourspecialreportexplains.Companiesfacetheworld’smostburdensometaxcode,payrolltaxesadd58%tosalariesandthegovernmenthasgoti
