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1. Economist
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   well, he tried to become an AP in epge and puc rio but was unable to

   He wasn't unable, he's Chicago PhD.. back in his time in Brazil this meant instant access to the best departments.I'm not even saying he has a good research output, I'm just saying this wasn't required in Brazil back then. He just didn't want to commit and preferred to pursue money

   well, it's impossible to know his true motivations unless you are close to him. But if you read his interviews and profiles made by journalists that talked to him, it becomes somewhat clear that he did wanted to become a professor, and he blames some kind of conspiracy against him. He even went to Chile as an AP! This story that he never wanted it and just preferred money seems like a personal post-failure excuse. And do note that I'm not saying academia is strictly better or more honorable than the market/industry. But he wanted academia and couldn't go.

   provide sources

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2. Economist
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   go back to 4chan, this is not about left and right, but about a basic commitment to democracy.

   "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." -- Thomas Jefferson
   Or a more succinct variant:
   "Sometimes democracy must be bathed in blood." -- August Pinochet
   Brazilian democracy was damaged by decades of corruption; Bolsonaro is actually the remedy.

   Uh... in that Jefferson quote tyranny is the outcome to be avoided, not corruption. Indeed, the United States was super-corrupt till maybe the 1930s. That didn't stop it from becoming the largest economy in the world.

   People that think corruption is a big deal illustrate that they fundamentally misunderstand the difference between static and dynamic growth.

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3. Economist
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   go back to 4chan, this is not about left and right, but about a basic commitment to democracy.

   "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." -- Thomas Jefferson
   Or a more succinct variant:
   "Sometimes democracy must be bathed in blood." -- August Pinochet
   Brazilian democracy was damaged by decades of corruption; Bolsonaro is actually the remedy.

   Uh... in that Jefferson quote tyranny is the outcome to be avoided, not corruption. Indeed, the United States was super-corrupt till maybe the 1930s. That didn't stop it from becoming the largest economy in the world.
   People that think corruption is a big deal illustrate that they fundamentally misunderstand the difference between static and dynamic growth.

   And you illustrated your ignorance about how corruption impacts growth. It's not just a matter of money "leaking" to the wrong places but a whole equilibrium involving people's trust in institutions that are required to keep a democracy working, the perception of investors about how sound the country is, the best talents of the country fleeing it to a better place and so on

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4. Economist
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   @bansisharma: 4. What's so bad about any of it?
   "Jair Bolsonaro swept to power in Brazil, marking a hard pivot to the right that promises to open up the resource-rich economy to private investment, strengthen ties to the U.S. and unleash an aggressive crackdown on epidemic crime." -- Bloomberg

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5. Economist
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   Brazil is a great country to move to now. We can expect an unprecedented boom

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