Alex Schwartsman's guest appearances

Alex Schwartsman

Global Development Institute podcast

Nic Cheeseman

Jennifer O'Brien

Ben Phillips

Yukon Huang

Dani Rodrik

Yuen Yuen Ang

Stephen Sackur

Bina Agarwal

Chrissie Wellington

Helen Clark

Prerna Singh

Rachel Glennerster

Bill Ferguson

Chris Jordan

Stefan Dercon

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In this week’s Rising Powers and Interdependent Futures podcast series, BBC Hardtalk’s Stephen Sackur interviews Alex Schwartsman is a Brazilian economist and former Director of International Affairs of the Central Bank of Brazil.The interview examines the genesis of Brazil’s recent economic and political crisis. Schwartsman argues that Brazil is trapped by a large government apparatus where policy making has captured by special interest groups, both in the private and public sector. While he supports the Bolsa Familia anti-poverty transfer programme, he’s extremely critical of Brazil’s bloated social security system, arguing that the country is a “European social democracy trapped in the body of an emerging economy.” Find out more about the Global Development Institute:  Website Blog Twitter LinkedIn  Facebook  Newsletter   Intro music Anna Banana by Eaters

In this week’s Rising Powers and Interdependent Futures podcast series, BBC Hardtalk’s Stephen Sackur interviews Alex Schwartsman is a Brazilian economist and former Director of International Affairs of the Central Bank of Brazil.The interview examines the genesis of Brazil’s recent economic and political crisis. Schwartsman argues that Brazil is trapped by a large government apparatus where policy making has captured by special interest groups, both in the private and public sector. While he supports the Bolsa Familia anti-poverty transfer programme, he’s extremely critical of Brazil’s bloated social security system, arguing that the country is a “European social democracy trapped in the body of an emerging economy.”<p> Find out more about the Global Development Institute:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://gdi.manchester.ac.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li> <li><a href="http://blog.gdi.manchester.ac.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Blog</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/GlobalDevInst" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/globaldevinst/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn </a></li> <li><a href="https://facebook.com/globaldevinst" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a></li> <li> <a href="https://t.co/nbCntwdJ3G" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Newsletter</a> </li> </ul> <p>Intro music Anna Banana by Eaters</p>

Rising Powers Special: Stephen Sackur talks Brazil with economist Alex Schwartsman