In our polipreneur age, the mandarins of capitalist politics and capitalist business have perfected the art of creating a sustained symbiosis between the private and the public ‘interest’. They have been able to achieve this because most of those who organisationally and institutionally represent the ‘public interest’ at various levels of governance as well as ever-increasing numbers of ordinary people have personally imbibed and institutionally integrated the ‘traditions, cultures and values’ of their business counterparts. In the process, the measurement of what is ‘successful’ and of what is ‘good for society’ has become almost completely delinked from the historic and popular struggle for a universally conceived but mainly nationally practiced, collective human solidarity and benefit.
Leonardo Gottems on 05 Apr 12Today Brazil is one of the emerging markets attractive for investments. Despite the incentives typical for strategic approach for creating favorable conditions, there might be some hidden drawbacks in policy or environment that might affect investors' decision-making. Professor Paulo Moura, Political Scientist, reviews critically the current investment climate in Brazil
