Os efeitos das políticas neoliberais no Brasil: a evolução dos índices de pobreza após o impeachment de 2016

Abstract

Poverty and misery are problems historically serious to the Brazilian people and, over the years, have sometimes expanded and sometimes retreated. In the context of Michel Temer's rise to the presidency of the republic after a troubled and controversial impeachment process, there is also the establishment of more incisive and unpopular neoliberal policies than those put in place by previous governments. The self-appointed “reformist” government has brought about transformations that have profoundly affected rights won by the working class over decades and threaten to bring a large population contingent into poverty. From the analysis of statistical data taken from ECLAC and literature review, this monograph seeks to understand neoliberalism in its most general sense, how the neoliberal project materialized in Brazil, specifically under Michel Temer's government, and the consequences of its policies mainly regarding Brazilian poverty and social and economic inequality.