Like President Trump, Brazil's likely new president, Jair Bolsonaro, is openly embracing free-market economics – the hardcore Chicago Boys kind that was last seen transforming Chile into a first-world country.  The real stuff. I'm going to argue that that's big, really big – not only because Brazil is a leftist sump of longtime culturally embedded socialism and dependency - but because hardcore free-market economics, the kind that turned Chile from a Venezuela-style hell-hole into a true first-world economy in a mere decade or two, has long been a dirty word in Latin America. Bolsonaro doesn't care. That is a demonstration of how tough and how Trump-like he actually is.  Because for years, the left, led by leftist clowns such as Naomi Klein, have had the upper hand in demonizing these powerful free-market ideas as they controlled the 'narrative.' Bolsonaro's stance is a sign that times may be finally changing. But...(Read Full Post)