NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

2002. In interview, former-minister says that the PT was elect ' to change the mistake politics' (O Estado de S.Paulo, 28.12.2002).

The quality of new institutions depends on compromise and public debate, as we saw in the Cardoso administration. This will not be different in the Lula administration (Folha de S.Paulo, 12.11.2002).

In interview Bresser-Pereira criticizes Malan's economic policy and says that it will cause the widely predicti defeat of PSDB's candidate, José Serra.(Folha de S.Paulo, 23.10.2002)

In interview, Bresser-Pereira says that, given the possibility that Brazil is forced to default by foreign creditors, the administration should have prepared a B Plan in order to protect the internal economy. We must not and should not repeat the Argentinean experience (Folha de S.Paulo, 16.10.2002).

2002. In his last book, Celso Furtado criticizes Brazilians' elites tendency to copy the North's consumption patterns. I add that they also uncritically adopt the correspondent ideas. (Folha de S.Paulo, 20.9.2002).

Na primeira metade dos anos 90 estamos assistindo, na América Latina, à progressiva superação da grande crise dos anos 80 (Nueva Sociedad - Caracas, Setembro 2002).

2002. As elites têm medo da estabilização. Empresários, líderes sindicais, políticos, altos burocratas desejam o controle da inflação (Folha de S.Paulo, 12.9.2002).

Bresser Pereira critica o Fundo por ter promovido políticas insustentáveis de endividamento.
O Estado de S.Paulo, 25.8.2002