Raphaël Lima

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Hoppe’s Localist, Decentralist Strategy Is Working in Brazil

09/30/2020 Mises Wire Raphaël Lima

In Brazil the most effective reforms seem to be accumulating at the state and local levels. There has been real success in pushing back against tax increases and more.

The Truth about The Edge of Democracy

02/11/2020 Mises Wire Raphaël Lima

The Edge of Democracy, a new Oscar-nominated documentary about Brazil, gets even basic facts wrong in pushing the idea that Brazil's corrupt and socialist politicians were the saviors of Brazilian democracy.

A Growing Libertarian Revolution in Brazil

10/31/2018 Mises Wire Raphaël Lima

The ideas of Mises, Rothbard, and Hoppe have sparked an intellectual revolution in Brazil, and the country's left fears it.

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Hoppe’s Localist, Decentralist Strategy Is Working in Brazil

10/14/2020 Raphaël Lima

In Brazil, the most effective reforms seem to be accumulating at the state and local levels. There has been real success in pushing back against tax increases and more.

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