The economic model of populism is an approach to economics that emphasizes growth, income distribution and the risk of inflation, deficit finance, external constraints and the reaction of economic agents to aggressive nonmarket policies. This occurs when governments seek to spur economic growth by t...

Brazil earned the reputation of being a "miracle economy" in the late 1960s when double-digit annual growth rates were recorded and the structure of the economy underwent rapid change. Since 1981, however, Brazil's economic performance has been poor in comparison to its potential. T...