Public Finance: From Creative Accounting to Recovering Credibility

The book, "Public Finances," explains why the Workers' Party government's fiscal policy bankrupted Brazil and offers solutions for the country to return to stability and growth. It brings together leading figures in economics. The organizers, Felipe Salto, economic advisor to José Serra and columnist for the newspaper Valor Econômico, and Mansueto Almeida, Secretary of Economic Monitoring at the Ministry of Finance during Michel Temer's administration, along with authors Pedro Jucá Maciel, Mailson da Nóbrega, Gustavo Loyola, Marcos Mendes, Sérgio Praça, Maurício Oreng, among others, analyze Brazil's economic history and propose solutions to the country's chronic problems, exacerbated during the Lula and Dilma administrations, such as inflation, foreign debt, and high domestic interest rates. Among the solutions proposed are monetary stability and an agenda of fiscal responsibility. The articles are rigorously based on historical and technical grounding, and use language that is clear to all readers.