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Trivia Tidbit Of The Day: Part 72 -- Brazil's Economy.

BRAZIL, BAD FOR BUSINESS-

Source:

SCSU Scholars, from The Wall Street Journal.

The Heritage Foundation's 2005 Index of Economic Freedom has similar numbers (1 = most free; 5 = least free).

U.S. = 1.85.
Czech Republic = 2.36
Mexico = 2.89
Brazil = 3.25
China = 3.46

With a population approaching 200,000,000, Brazil should be poised to become a global superpower over the next couple of decades. Whether it actualizes such a status is, in large part, a matter of the policy choices Brazil's government makes today.

Previous trivia tidbits:

Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5; Part 6; Part 7; Part 8; Part 9; Part 10; Part 11; Part 12; Part 13; Part 14; Part 15; Part 16; Part 17; Part 18; Part 19; Part 20; Part 21, Part 22; Part 23, Part 24, Part 25; Part 26; Part 27, Part 28; Part 29; Part 30, Part 31; Part 32; Part 33; Part 34; Part 35; Part 36; Part 37; Part 38; Part 39; Part 40; Part 41; Part 42; Part 43; Part 44; Part 45; Part 46; Part 47; Part 48; Part 49; Part 50; Part 51; Part 52; Part 53; Part 54; Part 55; Part 56; Part 57; Part 58; Part 59; Part 60; Part 61; Part 62; Part 63; Part 64; Part 65; Part 66; Part 67; Part 68; Part 69; Part 70; Part 71.

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Posted by Will Franklin · 9 June 2005 08:38 AM

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