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Policy Issues Brazil's Persistent Income Inequality: Lessons from History

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Thomas E. Skidmore
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Abstract

Official data for the last three decades show that Brazil has one of the world’s most unequal distributions of income. This article examines the relevant data and then explains the causes of this persistent inequality, considering them also in cultural and historical context. It discusses the politics of continuing inequality and possible strategies for reducing it.

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Latin American Politics and Society , Volume 46 , Issue 2 , Summer 2004 , pp. 133 - 150
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Copyright © University of Miami 2004

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