Made in Brazil

Resumo

The government is betting on an aggressive protectionist industrial policy to make Brazilian industry more competitive, but opinion is divided on how effective that will be. Claudio Accioli interviews experts and reviews some of the history of industrial policy; that history is not promising, the risks are high, and although the experts may disagree about how effective protectionism will be, they generally agree that what is really needed is to improve the business environment.