There an economy once tipped for ever-lasting boom has barely grown for more than two years, and is currently shrinking. Falling prices for its commodity exports haven’t helped, but Brazil’s economy was supposed to be about far more than just harvests and extractive industries.
以巴西为例。这个曾经似乎已经走上永续繁荣的经济体两年多来现有增长，目前更是陷入了衰退。大宗商品出口价格的下跌绝非福音，但巴西经济应该绝不仅限于收成和炼制产业。