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A Brazilian economist and former finance minister, Bresser-Pereira formulated new developmentalism, defending a competitive exchange rate, national industry and a reformed state that drives growth without abandoning democracy.
Political axes
Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira leans further toward progressive than 83% of the 416 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Morality is where Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira stands furthest from the rest.
On Economy, Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira sits practically at the catalog median.
Here they share common ground with most personalities.
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The closest among the 243 ideologies
Liberal current that accepts an active role for the state in the economy and in guaranteeing rights, combining individual freedoms and markets with regulation and public policies aimed at the collective good and equality.
Branch that seeks concrete social results by negotiating with the market and existing institutions, prioritizing responsible fiscal austerity, targeted social policy, and governability over revolutionary ideological purity.
Current inspired by John Maynard Keynes that accepts markets and liberal democracy but gives the state the task of managing demand, with countercyclical public spending, full employment as a goal and a mixed economy.
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FeudalismFar-Right31%
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