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A Chicago-trained economist and Bolsonaro's economy minister, Guedes delivered pension reform and central bank autonomy, preached sweeping privatisations that never happened, and loosened the federal spending cap.
Political topics
Paulo Guedes leans further toward free market than 93% of the 569 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the topics, Free market is where Paulo Guedes stands furthest from the rest.
On Representation, Paulo Guedes sits practically at the catalog median.
Here they share common ground with most personalities.
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Economic system based on private property, free markets, and the pursuit of profit, in which production and prices are regulated by competition and supply and demand, with individual initiative as its engine.
Political tradition that places individual freedom at the center, defending rights, tolerance, the rule of law, a market economy, and limits on power, with government subject to the consent of citizens.
Current that advocates free markets, deregulation, privatization, and fiscal discipline, reducing the state's economic role and trusting competition and monetary stability as engines of prosperity.
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ReactionaryismFar-Right27%
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Brazil's most populous and wealthiest state, São Paulo is the country's industrial and financial engine, marked by strong economic liberalism, a cosmopolitan culture, and decisive weight in national politics.
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A pioneering modern merchant republic, the United Provinces were a confederation governed by a commercial oligarchy, marked by religious tolerance, free trade, and immense naval and financial power at their height.
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