Pesquisador do IPEA, mestre em economia pela FEA/USP e doutorando em economia na Queen Mary University of London.

March 19, 2026

Analysis

Fiscal Democracy

How Lula combined social spending, tax reforms, and fiscal balance to build popular sovereignty

Lula’s overhaul of the tax system represents a challenge to the Brazilian oligarchy which goes beyond the distributive policies of previous PT governments.