A política fiscal no Brasil entre 2003 e 2018: uma interpretação pós-keynesiana

Abstract

In the post-Keynesian perspective, fiscal policy is an important instrument of economic policy, responsible for the dynamism of the economy through, above all, the coordination of private expectations, contributing to the creation of optimistic conventions which, in turn, are essential for the stimulus private investment. The proposed study aims evaluate the fiscal policy adopted in Brazil in the recent period, between the years 2003 to 2018. Besides that, the article discusses whether the fiscal agenda adopted in the country during the period of analysis converges or diverges from the policy prescriptions from a post-Keynesian perspective. After analyzing the policies adopted in the country, it was possible to verify different moments of divergence in fiscal policy.