he says brazil s pensions are first in line. with. your first big expenditure is social security and pensions. it s the first big challenge we face it s our biggest challenge. and if this challenge is successful. then two or three months from now we can look forward to ten years of sustainable growth ahead of us because. stocks soared in response to the new government closing at a record high. economists victor candido says he s not surprised. the movements we re seeing on the market reflect the expectations for the new government interest in the reduction of bureaucracy in economic issues and measures that aim to bring productivity up. the new administration has been talking
another economic reforms are on the way newly appointed economy minister paulo geddes has vowed to slash government spending cut taxes and privatized state assets he says brazil s pensions are first in line. as. its first big expenditure is social security and pensions but it s the first big challenge we face so it s our biggest challenge. and if this challenge is successful. then two or three months from now we can look forward to ten years of sustainable growth ahead of us. stocks soared in response to the new government closing at a record high. economists victor candido says he s not surprised. the movements we re seeing on the market reflect the expectations for the new government interest in the reduction of bureaucracy in economic issues and measures
and much less about climate. so from the standpoint of those that have doubts about this, and i don t think we can have any doubts that there is climate change, whether it is antrhopogenic. i don t know. i m not a scientists. i look at this as a citizen. we need to recognize we had two of the coldest years, biggest drop in global temperatures that we have had since the 1980s, the biggest in the last 100 years. we don t talk about that. its not part of the agenda. the united states has been dropping in co2 emissions since we pull out of paris. there are actually good things that are happening. we are not using dirty coal anymore. it s the europeans who are using dirty coal. there is corporate leadership on. this yes, we need to deal with the problems. yes, we need to mitigate the things with he see. but with we shouldn t be hysterical. it seems like there is more corporate interest in doing something than government interest. yeah, just the problem is not
welcome to you both. thanks for having me. thanks, shannon. shannon: alex, he says this, exhibit a, you can change your name. you can change your gender. why not your age? nowhere are your so discriminated against than your age. it s a good argument. i think the state would have to show some sort of government interest in making sure a biological age matches a legal age. i can think of a few reasons. first would be here with social security and medicare benefits. and i think it s an interesting point to say, well, if you can lower your age, why wouldn t you be able to increase it. i could see 18-year-olds wanting to go to court to make sure they re 21 to make sure they can go to bars and also 25 to make sure they re paying less on their car insurance.
and legal affairs correspondent alex square, welcome to you both. alex says this, exhibit a, you can change your name and gender, why not your age? know where are you so discriminated against as with your age. it is a good argument. the netherlands would have to show government interest in making sure biological age matches legal age and i can think of a few reasons, first would be with social security and medicare benefits, that would be one aspect and it is interesting point to say if you can lower your age, why wouldn t you be able to increase it? 18-year-olds wanted to go to court to be 21 to go to bars and