Lulandia

Sigo creyendo que sin reformas promercado, Brasil nunca va a terminar de salir de la miseria y del atraso. Es posible que se convierta en una “potencia” regional, pero nunca será un país de primer mundo.

Me llaman la atención los resultados de estas encuestas, aunque los brasileros digan una cosa y hagan otra. El contraste con el estado mental del argentino promedio es extraordinario:

A recent survey by the Pew Research Center shows a puzzling picture of Brazilian attitudes toward the economy, in which satisfaction with current policies mixes with a growing favorable view of free markets. On the one hand, the population is largely content with the way things are going: 62 percent say that the economy is in good shape and three-quarters of Brazilians think the economy will improve in the next year. This leads us to the second interesting finding of Pew's survey of Brazilian attitudes towards the economy: A vast majority (75 percent) of Brazilians supports a free-market economy, even though it could lead to more income inequality. The same number thinks that large foreign companies have a good influence in Brazil. This is all the more surprising in a country where economic liberalism has long been viewed with skepticism.