Mr. Mantega directly criticized the American central bank’s Ben Bernanke in a reference to throwing dollars from a helicopter. The Economist notes that Mr. Mantega was one of many foreign bankers who make similar criticisms of quantitative easing. “Fears of foreign capital were only deepened by the Federal Reserve’s decision earlier this month to embarkContinue reading “G20 Meetings”
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The invention of tropical landscaping: Burle Marx
The emerging economy we refer to as “Brazil” is also a country discovering its pride and values. Culture has an important role in this. Culture forging values Evolving from colonial roots, when everything that was good was imported, Brazil has slowly built its own cultural references. Music wise, there is samba, choro and bossa nova,Continue reading “The invention of tropical landscaping: Burle Marx”