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Belluzzo: "in the middle of the trucks there was a rock"

"In the middle of the road, or rather, the trucks, there was a stone," says economist Luiz Gonzaga Belluzzo; "In mid-2016, Petrobras's manager, Pedro Parente, launched the 'realistic' policy of almost daily price adjustments coupled with the privatization strategy of selling assets to appease the short-term interests of the financial markets," he says; "When dealing with a strategic input of universal use, the microcephalic pursuit of micro-efficiency often disrupts the set of relationships that make up the macroeconomic environment," he emphasizes.

"In the middle of the road, or of the trucks, there was a stone," says economist Luiz Gonzaga Belluzzo; "In mid-2016, Petrobras' manager, Pedro Parente, launched the 'realistic' policy of almost daily price adjustments coupled with the privatization strategy of selling assets to please the short-term interests of the financial markets," he says; "When dealing with a strategic input of universal use, the microcephalic pursuit of micro-efficiency often disrupts the set of relationships that make up the macroeconomic environment," he emphasizes (Photo: Paulo Emílio)

247 - "In the middle of the road, or rather, the trucks, there was a stone," writes Luiz Gonzaga Belluzzo in Carta Capital. "In mid-2016, Petrobras's manager, Pedro Parente, launched the 'realistic' policy of almost daily price adjustments coupled with the privatization strategy of selling assets to appease the short-term interests of the financial markets. Those who can command, those who suffer losses obey."

The 'realism' of the almost daily price adjustments, the volatility, and the demobilization of refineries invited truck drivers to experience, with Umberto Eco, the uncertainties of the Journey into Everyday Unreality. When dealing with a strategic input of universal use, the microcephalic pursuit of micro-efficiency often disrupts the set of relationships that shape the macroeconomic environment.