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Unit 4 Macro: Protests in Brazil

Geoff Riley

3rd July 2013

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A brief selection of video resources on the biggest protests in Brazil for over 20 years. The country is experiencing a sharp slowdown in growth but inflation remains a big difficulty for the Brazilian authorities

Financial Times (July 2013)

Joseph Leahy, the FT's Brazil bureau chief, reports from a protest where Brazil's so-called new middle class live. What started as a reaction to increased transport fares, has evolved into a full-scale critique of many of the fundamentals of Brazil's government and its new economy

Protests - Beyond the Bus Fare (Al Jazeerah)

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.