No real insight added here, but as someone who is teaching about the unevenness of state capacity next week, it’s on my mind.

Now, one could pass this off as histeria or even political bias. But this reflects the common concern by everyday citizens across rich and poor parts of the capital, Salvador.

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Some specifics, since the article is in Portuguese: About 20% of ministry expenditures on average in 2024 and growing; almost 3/4s in some smaller departments; about 45% of public health.

Which is neither "good" or "bad" a priori... Both are democratically legitimate, for instance. It just seems to be such disconnect between how markets/media/conventional wisdom talk about things and how they actually happen.

Last couple of days have been especially crazy.

I thought the mislabel was *worse* than the actual collection of terms.

My favorite line: "Clubs want to nurture street players and then, once they’re in the first team, knock the street out of them."
According to podcasts I've heard with the likes of Bebeto, Denilson, Djalminha, etc, they start knocking it out of them even in junior divisions.

A versão do Nexo é muito boa em portugês. www.nexojornal.com.br/extra/2024/1...