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Liberalism and Its Discontents: Lessons From the Brazilian Past
Author(s) -
Graham Richard
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
history compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.121
H-Index - 1
ISSN - 1478-0542
DOI - 10.1111/j.1478-0542.00084
Subject(s) - liberalism , state (computer science) , population , political science , political economy , economy , development economics , economics , sociology , law , demography , politics , computer science , algorithm
Brazilian elites during the early nineteenth century pushed for the creation of a free‐market economy, but this made the bulk of the population feel unprotected by the state on which they had come to rely for a minimum of succor. The ensuing violent reaction put a halt to the implementation of such policies. There are lessons here for the present.