A política social e o conservadorismo econômico: o que revela o período recente?

The purpose of the paper is to investigate whether Brazilians have become more conservative in economic terms, especially after 2013, despite the gains of the center-left administrations in the social field. As a methodology, a descriptive analysis of data from different sources is presented, as well as a literature review on the 2013 protests. With contribution to the literature due to the breadth of data and approaches, the results point to the progress of social policy with repercussions on the fall of poverty and inequality, however, with setbacks materializing in the Constitutional Amendment 95 and in labor and social security reforms. Amid the inflection that started with the 2013 demonstrations, the conclusion is that there seems to have been a wave of economic conservatism, which would have reached its peak at some point in the five years after 2013. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]