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After 14 years of left-wing hegemony of the Workers' Party (PT), Brazil is today witnessing the rise of a conservative far-right wave, led mainly by the current president of the Republic, Jair Messias Bolsonaro, of the Liberal Social Party (PSL). Rather than making a positive or negative critique of Jair Bolsonaro's government, this article aims to analyze the main reasons that led to the election of the PSL politician, with the aim of understanding pocketship as a political phenomenon. Based on the theoretical assumptions of Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe's thinking about populism, we argue that Bolsonaro's rise does not occur at random. Before that, it is the result of a process by which a hegemonic populist discourse of the far right was constructed, in the context of a context of economic recession, popular discredit in national democratic political institutions and ideological polarization [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article aims to analyze the phenomenon of populisms with a specific interest in the Latin American scene. For this, the research proposes an update of terms and concepts developed by the literature and a possible analytical use to reflect on concrete situations considered populist in this region. In this way, this work analyzes the new order of populists of the 21st century in three Latin American countries: Venezuela, Brazil, and Mexico, aiming to verify their points of contact, similarities, and differences. The study was developed using qualitative and descriptive methodology, contemplating literature review and empirical analysis. The relevance of the topic is justified by the importance of understanding what has been happening with democracies in process of stabilization, especially through a perspective that comes from the Global South. As a result, it was possible to conclude that, in recent years, the rise of the populist wave has contributed to the democratic recession, so that populism has returned –reformulated– in Latin America. What has been shown is that populisms, once installed in power, have great potential to significantly undermine democratic structures, making it difficult to consolidate constitutional democracies in the region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article discusses the intersection of race, gender and class in the production of inequalities experienced by domestic workers in Brazil and how these inequalities are accentuated in the context of a pandemic crisis. Based on an analysis of the data issued by the Brazilian National Household Sample Survey (Pnad-Contínua) and on interviews with domestic workers in the metropolitan region of Goiânia, we examine the inequalities in the relationship between work and family, considering aspects related to working conditions, the use of time and domestic arrangements. The results indicate that the pandemic, preceded and intensified by a harsh context of economic recession and expansion of policies for the flexibilization of labor rights, has amplified historically structural inequalities in the occupation. These elements affect the everyday lives of domestic workers, reorganizing domestic arrangements and their temporal experiences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: Analyze the relevance of Goodwill for the Brazilian capital market and verify for possible differences in periods of economic recession. Methodology: Economic and financial data of companies that trade shares in Brazil, Bolsa e Balcão (B3) were used quarterly in the period from 2011 to 2018. To measure the relevance of Goodwill, the residual value assessment model that is based on Ohlson's studies (1989) and Ohlson (1995). For data analysis, quantile regression was chosen, in quantiles 0.10; 0.25; 0.50; 0.75 and 0.90. Results: The market reacts positively to the increase in Goodwill at all levels (0.10; 0.25; 0.50; 0.75; 0.90) of the companies analyzed, which suggests that the increase in its value in relation to the asset it implies an increase in market value, not only on average, but for all companies, which converges with the findings of Hartwig (2018) and Faleiro and Souza (2018). In periods of economic recession, it is clear that the companies allocated in the 0.25, 0.50 and 0.90 quantiles are sensitive to a decrease in market value, which shows that the crisis has implications for these companies. In addition, there is no significant difference in the relevance of Goodwill in times of economic crisis and in periods of non-existence of the economic crisis. Contributions of the Study: As a theoretical contribution, we highlight the collection of data in a more timely manner, in which the Market Value variable was collected on the date of publication of the reports and the use of quantile regression, a different approach, in which we can observe in which range the variation of the Goodwill is more relevant to the market. Even so, it is emphasized that the results of the study are important for external users, especially when considering the discussion that occurs in the IASB about Goodwill. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Since the coronavirus disease (covid-19) was declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization in January 2020, it has led to the loss of millions of human lives and a global economic recession. Recently, there has been a recognized need for effective health communication via social media to deliver accurate information and promote pertinent behavioral change. Thus, this study provides a systematic review to explore what has been done, what conflicts exist, and what knowledge gap remains in terms of social media use during the covid-19 wave, indicating relevant communication strategies. This research is based on 76 relevant papers taken from searches on the Web of Science and Google Scholar. The analysis revealed that much of the literature confirms the positive effect of social media on information propagation and promotion of precautions in the control of covid-19. The spreading of rumors, especially about government performance, in social media is clearly of increasing concern. Currently, heated debate continues about the association between exposure to social media and public mental health. Another fiercely debated question is whether rumors are shared more widely than fact-checking information. Up to date, far too little attention has been paid to information disparities and vulnerable groups on social media. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the summer of 1936, the novelist John Steinbeck was hired by the newspaper The San Francisco News to cover the phenomenon of the migrants that crowded the roadsides of California and the United States in the aftermath of the dust bowls and the 1929 crisis. As a result of the field trip, Steinbeck wrote seven articles that were published in October 1936 and called "The harvest gypsies". These texts have great documental value regarding the social effects of the economic recession and, this is our argument, they play a fundamental role in the change of perspective in Steinbeck's literature, making it more politically engaged and aesthetically realistic. This article aims at understanding how the summer of 1936 altered Steinbeck's critical perception over the American reality, underscoring the fact that migrants were pivotal in such process, since they uncovered the historical kinship between the workers and the old rural middle classes to which the writer belonged. This discovery enhanced the democratic claims of his literature, which peaked in the greatest novel about the Great Depression: 1939's The grapes of wrath. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: The objective of this research was to analyze the behavior of the Tax on the Ownership of Automotive Vehicles (IPVA) in relation to the increase of its rates in 2016 during the Brazilian economic recession started at the end of 2014. Methodology: Using a quantitative panel data analysis of the 26 states of the Brazilian Federation and the Federal District between 2004 and 2016, the research was based on the theory of public choices, tax capacity and elasticity of tax revenue, proposing a regressive model to estimate the reflection of the IPVA rate increase during the economic recession in the tax collection, using as variables the IPVA collection by licensed vehicles, GDP per capita, population size and the unemployment rate. Results: The results obtained point to a saturation of the economic capacity of the taxpayers of that tax, corroborating the hypothesis that the economic recession may have affected the contributory capacity, so that the increase of the IPVA rate during the economic recession may have favored its defaulting the tax. Contributions of the Study: The study can contribute to broaden the understanding of the consequences related to fluctuations in tax burden and the decision-making process in the public sector regarding the adoption of a fiscal policy that strives for efficiency and balance, between tax burden and taxpayers' economic capacity, with In order to counteract trends in economic depression and inflation in economic cycles, it is necessary to reduce the tax burden, so that the collection remains at the level to maintain budget balance and attention to expected public spending. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study objective to analyze the influence of CEO's compensation on earnings management in Brazilian banking companies. We analyzed 17 banking companies that traded shares in B3 between 2010 and 2018. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and multivariate analysis using quantile regression. The results show that there was no difference in earnings management levels and executive compensation over the years, even in periods of economic recession (2015 and 2016). Moreover, evidence shows that companies with the highest levels of earnings management are sensitive to reduced manipulation practices through discretionary accruals when executive compensation is increased. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper evaluates how falling commodity prices affected the Brazilian economy during the 2000s. In order to fulfill this objective two different statistical methods were used, the Markov Switching Dynamic Regression model with structural component and the Vector Autoregression (VAR) model. With respect to the level of activities, it was found that about 1/3 of the economic slowdown post 2014 could be attributed to the change in the commodities prices regime. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article discusses the impact of the Great Depression in Portugal during the crucial period when the foundations of the new authoritarian political regime of the Estado Novo (New State) were being laid out. Special attention is given to the technical and political role played by Salazar, who managed to use his position as Finance Minister to establish an image of trustworthiness and solid leadership. In this article, we focus on the news about the crisis that circulated in the public sphere as well as on the solutions put forward by diverse representatives of political and economic interests, thus attempting to cast a new light on the already well developed historiographic tradition concerning the impact of the Great Depression in Portugal [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article analyzes the atypical work during socio-economic crises by investigating the different forms of perception and appropriation of the crises and how they affect different areas of the lives of a particular group of "atypical workers", viz. the craftsmen. On the basis of a quantitative and qualitative approach, it highlights workers who develop their labor activities in Argentine crafts markets located in the cities of Buenos Aires, La Plata, El Bolson and Villa Gesell. The article claims that the majority of craftsmen don't ascribe importance to the "great social and economic crises" (2001-2002, "international crisis of 2008-2009", etc.) and stress the significance of local and regional crises and their impact on them. A discussion of the reasons for this situation is part of this study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This essay is a theoretical review about the current economic and environmental crisis. It promotes agroecology as basis for a political program that seeks both economic and social progress. However, this descriptive analysis of the current economic and environmental situation of the global food economy does not extend to agroecological prescriptions for how to address the current crisis. In the current essay, I argue that the development of industrialization, including particularly the industrialization of the agriculture production system, is a main cause of the economic and environmental crisis we are currently undergoing, which is characterized by a growing number of people subjected to hunger, poverty, and violence, as well as by the degradation of global biodiversity and of the sustainability of ecosystems. This agroecological description and the prescriptions which could be based on it promote a radical reconstruction of the entire global food economy based on the strengthening and expansion of the peasant territory through an agrarian reform that encompasses the totality of the political and economic structure of society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

One of the first casualties of the current economic crisis was orthodox macroeconomic theory, particularly the strand known as New Classical Economics, developed in the last two to three decades. The deep and quick collapse of world financial markets in 2007, and the recession initiated in 2008, with no end in sight, allowed a vigorous critical reexamination of orthodox theories and the revival of the economics of Keynes in the process. This paper presents the fundamental propositions that define Keynes's approach. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Argentina post-convertibility: a new developmentalism case? This paper analyses the economic recovery in post-Convertibility Argentina. We try to identify if there are evidences to support the suggestion that Argentina could be an example of the so-called "new developmentalism". [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the current context of high uncertainty, many parallels have been traced between the economic crisis of 2008 and the Great Depression, that stirred the world between 1929 e 1933. However, despite the financial losses that recently occurred, the disposition for state intervention in our days is much higher and thus an important element in the formulation of economic policies. This is a difference that suggests a less catastrophic outcome to the current crisis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

New pension programs in Latin America: lessons from the Argentinean experience. This work analyzes the political constraints of pension reform in Argentina. The first part presents a brief description of the development of pension programs in Latin America. Additionally, it also discusses the pension system crisis and the main proposals in order to overcome this crisis. The second part examines the peculiarities of the Argentine pension reform, with specific attention on economic imperatives and political constraints which have shaped the pension reform project of Menem's Government (1989-1999). The article demonstrates that there are a large gap between the new system promises and its outcomes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]