Lula and Bolsonaro go to the shooting: Is it possible to decrease the Brazilian state?
Following the election results in Brazil, which led to the shooting of the president and candidate of the left, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and the ultra-right-wing senator, Flávio Bolsonaro, the debate on the size of the state again becomes relevant, in a regional context where several countries discuss reducing their state apparatus. Bolsonaro has proposed to eliminate at least 10 ministries as part of his government plan. To discuss the subject, we spoke with José Luis Oreiro, professor at the Department of Economics at the University of Brasilia.
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Lula and Bolsonaro go to the shooting: Is it possible to decrease the Brazilian state? — Image credit: France 24 (Español)
Following the election results in Brazil, which led to the shooting of the president and candidate of the left, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and the ultra-right-wing senator, Flávio Bolsonaro, the debate on the size of the state again becomes relevant, in a regional context where several countries discuss reducing their state apparatus. Bolsonaro has proposed to eliminate at least 10 ministries as part of his government plan. To discuss the subject, we spoke with José Luis Oreiro, professor at the Department of Economics at the University of Brasilia.
