NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

2007. If we compare the real and effective exchange rate in Brazil before 1990-92 with the present one, it will be clear that Brazil is victim of the Dutch disease. Before that, we were able to neutralize it we are not anymore, and the consequence is disastrous to the Brazilian economy. (Article: Folha de S.Paulo)

2007. EAESP - the São Paulo business school of Getulio Vargas Foundation should give up electing its director and opt for its ion through a Search Committee. This is the system that is consistent with its managerial teaching and research. (Note published just in this site and sent to collegues at FGV).

2007. The Brazilian society is seek because the it faces quasi-stagnation and crisis and has not a clear assessement of the problems it faces.(Article: Folha de S.Paulo).

2007. US's huge and persistent current account deficts are increasing total foreign debt and international liquidity. They spur speculation and preannounce crisis. (Article: Folha de S.Paulo).

2007. Finally, Brazil has a nationalist representative at IMF. Paulo Nogueira Batista Jr. will face many other nationalist in Washington, although none will admit it.(Article: Folha de S.Paulo).

2007. Given the exchange rate and the interest rate, the Brazilian industry is condemned to quasi-stagnation. PAC is Ok, but will not solve the problem. (Article: Folha de S.Paulo)

2007. Commercial globalization is a major opportunity for developing countries, financial globalization, a disaster. (Article: Folha de S.Paulo)

2007. Conventional orthodoxy's new "discovery": the cause of quasi-stagnation in Brazil is corruption, not the high interest rate nor the low exchange rate. (Article: Folha de S.Paulo).

2007. A national coalition is a condition to economic development in Latin America.(Article: Diario de Centro América, Guatemala).

2007. The world faces true theats (as global warming) and false threats (as the Islam threat). Alarmism is a common conservative response. (Article Folha de S.Paulo).

2007. Argentina rejected conventional orthodoxy, neutralized the Dutch disease, managed its exchange rate, and is growing fast. The Economist had no alternative but to recognize it. (Article: Folha de S.Paulo).

2006. President Lula wants 5% growth, but there is no signal that he is prepared to face conventional orthodoxy and change macroeconomic policy. (Article: Folha de S.Paulo).

2006. The middle class is suffering most with Brazil's quasi-stagnation. (Article: Folha de S.Paulo)

2006. The causes of the desindustrialization and quasi-stagnation of the economy are a non-neutralized Dutch disease and the policy of growth with foreign savings. (Article: Folha de S.Paulo)

2006. Gasparian was a nationalist, a patriot: he knew better how costly would be Brazil's capitulation to the North. (Article: Folha de S.Paulo).

2006. Argentina learned from experience, rejects conventional orthodoxy's advises, keeps its exchange rate competitive, and grows. (Article: Folha de S.Paulo)

2006. Bresser-Pereira and Fernando Cardim de Carvalho on new developmentalism. (Interview: Folha de S.Paulo)

2006. In the end of the presidential campaign Alckmin, differently from Lula, was able to articulate sensible ideas on economic policy. It will not be engough. (Article: Folha de S.Paulo)

2006. There is an alternative to the conventional orthodoxy rulling the Brazilian economy. Capital controls are not a sin. (Interview to Catia Seabra: Folha de S.Paulo)

2006. FHC and Lula incurred in exchange rate populism (populismo cambial). (Interview: O Estado de S.Paulo)