Brazil - Economic and Political Challenges

Brazil’s Inefficient Financial Sector - Brazil’s banks, profitable whatever the economic weather

https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2018/08/04/brazils-banks-profitable-whatever-the-economic-weather

Brazil’s Economic Recovery Falters

https://insights.abnamro.nl/en/2017/06/brazil-watch-recovery-killed-before-being-born/

Brazil’s Populist Temptation

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/populist-candidates-in-brazil-general-election-by-luiz-felipe-d-avila-2018-08

It’s Been 400 Years. Will Brazil's Voters Choose Progress?

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-08-06/brazil-election-is-chance-to-reform-economy-and-realize-potential

A gloomy piece on Brazil from WSJ

https://www.wsj.com/articles/im-totally-freaked-out-brazilians-weigh-a-farewell-to-paradise-1533211200

Brazil’s Productivity Woes

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/195351520427970225/pdf/123982-WP-P162670-PUBLIC-Qian-et-al-Brazils-Productivity-Dynamics.pdf