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Economy & Business - November 2023
BRAZIL: Victory in taxing rich doesn’t fix budget
Since its foundation in 1980, the leftist Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has been pushing for a tax on the wealthy. Nearly half a century later, during the third term of the former metalworker, the party has all but achieved one of its historic objectives.
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