Let's talk about the limits of evaluation?
Where is the truth about politics?
Let's talk about the risk of evaluating?
When knowing about problems becomes a problem.
Shall we discuss a debate that still needs to be addressed?
Even acknowledging that Brazil hasn't stood still, the biggest concern is realizing that, despite the progress, in several aspects we have fallen behind the world's transformations.
Let's talk about the failure of institutions.
When a decision is displeasing, when a policy fails, when an authority abuses their position, when a corporation protects itself [...] it is common to conclude that institutions have failed.
Let's talk about biodiversity and bioeconomies in Brazil?
Brazil is home to six major biomes, each with its own ecological characteristics, distinct histories of settlement, and different ways of using natural resources.
Let's talk about agriculture: hero or villain?
I recently participated in a debate at São Paulo Innovation Week whose title suggested a seemingly simple choice: is Brazilian agriculture a hero or a villain? I confess that the statement made me uncomfortable. Not because the provocation lacked relevance—public debates thrive on strong questions—but because it suggested something that is perhaps the first major misconception when discussing agriculture […]
Shall we talk about the possible State?
In virtually all contemporary societies, pressures on spending tend to grow persistently.
Let's talk about the power of the State in a society without clear boundaries.
"The question, therefore, is not only whether the State knows what to do, but whether it can, in fact, still enforce its decisions."
Let's talk about the uncertain future of social protection.
If there is one thing that needs to be addressed clearly in the current system, it is its historically unequal nature.
Let's talk about the state of permanent emergencies.
What seems to be happening today is something qualitatively different; emergencies have ceased to be isolated episodes and have become part of the backdrop of social life.
