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Buying a property is not a good investment and can be considered a true financial mistake these days, says the professor of São Paulo School of Economics (FGV/EESP), Samy Dana, in the column Opinião (Opinion) of UOL Notícias. According to Samy, the principle of buying something cheap and selling it expensive has been taken to extremes, creating...
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FGV's Rio de Janeiro Law School will hold next month the third edition of Visita aos Três Poderes? (Visit to the Three Powers) - which will take students of the School to Brasília in order to introduce them to legal activities related to the three branches of government. The one day itinerary includes visits to Brazil's Presidential Palace,...
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The Leading Indicator of Unemployment (ICD) of the Brazilian Institute of Economics of Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV/IBRE) presented a 1.7% increase in February compared to the previous month, considering data free of seasonal influences. This is the fourth positive indicator and the highest since July 2013, signaling a resurgence in the labor...
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São Paulo Law School (FGV /DIREITO SP) and the Public Administration course of São Paulo School of Business Administration (FGV/EAESP) organized, on February 27, the meeting ?Cenário Político e Eleições 2014? (Political Scenario and 2014 Elections) with the participation of José Roberto Toledo, from the newspaper O Estado de São Paulo, and...
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Government and civil society organizations come together to create the Foreign Policy White Book, which will be the basis for future actions of Brazil abroad. The round tables will take place in the Foreign Ministry palace until April 2.The growing interest of society on foreign policy themes occurs at a time when Brazil's relevance abroad...
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How does the phenomenon known as psychoadaptation relate to the imbalance in the financial life of some people? That is what the professor of São Paulo School of Economics (FGV/EESP), Samy Dana, answers in his column Caro Dinheiro, on the newspaper Folha de São Paulo.According to Samy, the inability to feel pleasure or pain before repeated...
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On Thursday, March 13, FGV Press will launch the book ?A piedade dos outros?(free translation, The pity of others), which addresses a crucial, though little known feature of the colonial life in Brazil: the abandonment of newborns and infants in the streets of Vila Rica, currently known as Ouro Preto, in the state of Minas Gerais.A result of...
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Much of the impact of the drought has already been absorbed by inflation, but the increase in prices will still be felt over the next couple of months. That's what the coordinator of the General Price Indexes (IGPs) of the Brazilian Institute of Economics (FGV/IBRE), Salomão Quadros, indicates in an interview with Valor Econômico about the...
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The researchers in the field of Applied Economics of FGV/IBRE, Joana Monteiro and Luiza Niemeyer, launched on the 16th the independent blog O Agente Principal, serviços públicos em foco (The Main Agent, public utilities in focus). The economists were motivated by the lack of debate surrounding the Brazilian public...
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The researchers of the Center for Technology and Society (CTS) of Rio de Janeiro Law School, Marília Maciel and Joana Varon, are in São Paulo for the Encontro Multissetorial Global Sobre o Futuro da Governança da Internet (NetMundial)? (Multisectoral Global Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance), which is taking place today at...
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Professors of the Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (FGV/EBAPE), Marco Tulio Zanini and Carmen Migueles, with the chief of the office of the Secretariat of Planning and Management of Rio de Janeiro (SEPLAG), Marcio Colmerauer, launch today, April 24, the book A ponta da Lança (The tip of the spear) - the result of a study...
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The new edition of GV-Executivo has been published online and it celebrates the 60th anniversary of São Paulo School of Business Administration (FGV/EAESP) - created in 1954 from the Missão Americana (American Mission), in which professors from Michigan State University, of the United States, held academic and educational contributions for the...
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The Weekly Consumer Price Index (IPC-S) of April 22 presented a 0.78% change - 0.08 percentage points above the recorded rate of the last publication. In this calculation, four of the eight expenditure categories part of the index presented a decrease in their change rates. The largest contribution came from the Education, Reading and...
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FGV is one of the six higher education institutions in the world chosen by LinkedIn to test a new University Page tool: the Recommendations tab, where students and alumni can say why the place where they study - or have studied - is special. The tab consolidates positive comments on the page and records them as an activity by the person who...
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FGV Energy is one of the guests that will discuss the New Model of the Brazilian Electric Sector in a meeting sponsored by the American Chamber of Commerce of Rio de Janeiro (AMCHAM RIO).The discussion will also address the high cost of energy as a major component of the so-called Brazil Cost, the price to the consumer, the possibility of...
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São Paulo Law School (DIREITO SP) has opened, until April 27, registrations for its Scientific Initiation Program (PIC). The goal is to identify young scholars with scientific potential and train them from an early age to become researchers in various legal topics, and prepare papers on the hypothesis of their choice.PIC is in its seventh year...
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The new edition of the Journal of Public Administration (RAP) is now available for reading and brings three articles in foreign languages, following the internationalization line pursued by the journal: La emergencia del ambientalismo estatal y social en Argentina (The emergence of the state and social environmentalism in Argentina), Some...
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Easter egg prices in Brazil are more expensive this year than in 2013. Compared with last year, the value of the most coveted item of the Holy Week increased 6.78% in 2014, remaining above the accumulated inflation of the Consumer Price Index (IPC/FGV) between April 2013 and March 2014, which was 6.09%.Among the seven Brazilian state capitals...
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FGV Energy offered yesterday, April 15, the lecture Panorama sobre o Setor de Exploração e Produção de Petróleo no Brasil? (Outlook on the Oil Exploration and Production Sector in Brazil) - taught by FGV Energy's senior consultant, Wagner Freire.The event took place at Associação Promotora de Estudos da Economia (ASPEC) and was attended by the...
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The School of Social Sciences (FGV/CPDOC) in São Paulo recently welcomed the South Korean student, Minjeong Park, for a six-month exchange program. This is the second time CPDOC welcomed a South Korean student through the cooperation program between FGV and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Korea, articulated by the International Affairs...
