Approaching 70 years old, economist Paulo Guedes had little to no experience in the public sector when he decided to sell his ideas for the Brazilian economy to a presidential candidate most pundits disregarded as a joke: the far-right former Army captain Jair Bolsonaro. The “marriage” between the pair — which the latter likes to call it — bore immediate fruits for both men. Mr. Bolsonaro could credibly champion an ultra-libertarian economic platform, while Mr. Guedes lent his credentials as a bonafide financial market operator to a would-be president who struggled to understand or explain even most basic macroeconomic...
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Has Economy Minister Paulo Guedes lost his mojo?
Dropped into the government as the man who would "save Brazil," Economy Minister Paulo Guedes has been increasingly sidelined
