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Brazil’s Tax and Debt Burden

Brazil is in bloom, economically speaking, and the international media has stirred up a frenzy of excitement about the robust and ever-expanding Brazilian economy. But as I’ve written several times before, this trend of stability and wealth mixed with blind optimism is not necessarily sustainable in the long run, and if [...]
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A Shortage of Meat in Argentina?

The Economist magazine published an interesting article this week about the rise of vegetarianism in a nation known internationally for its love of meat. According to the article, the rise in the price of meat has led some Argentines to consider the once unthinkable: replacing their milanesas de ternera and milanesas de res with the [...]
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