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Incompete?ncia e Confidence Building por tra?s de 20 Anos de quase estagnac?a?o da Ame?rica Latina

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  • Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira

    (Fundação Getúlio Vargas, São Paulo/SP Brasil.)

Abstract

A América Latina permaneceu quase estagnada em termos per capita nos últimos vinte anos. As causas originais são bem conhecidas: a crise da dívida inter-relacionada e a crise fiscal do estado. Mas por que os países latino-americanos demoraram tanto para recuperar a estabilidade macroeconômica? Não apenas porque o ajuste fiscal e as reformas orientadas para o mercado foram controladas pelos grupos de interesse, mas também porque, mesmo quando os formuladores de políticas estavam livres de restrições políticas, eles cometeram graves erros políticos: erros que derivavam de incompetência técnica ou emocional e de uma subordinada “estratégia de construção de confiança”, que implicava fazer tudo o que as agências internacionais e mercados financeiros esperassem para obter crédito e credibilidade, em vez de usar seu próprio julgamento para tomar decisões e projetar as reformas necessárias. Classificação JEL: O1; O5; R1.

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  • Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira, 2001. "Incompete?ncia e Confidence Building por tra?s de 20 Anos de quase estagnac?a?o da Ame?rica Latina," Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, FGV EAESP, vol. 21(1), pages 147-173, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:ekm:repojs:v:21:y:2001:i:1:p:147-173:id:969
    DOI: 10.1590/0101-31572001-1255
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    • O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
    • O5 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies
    • R1 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics

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