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How does a poor country become a rich country? There’s a simple blueprint \u2014 or at least, that’s what many economists used to believe. But over the years, a lot of rapidly developing economies have stalled out. These countries aren’t poor anymore, but they’re not rich either. They’re stuck in the middle. The World Bank calls this problem the “middle income trap.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

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And if there’s a poster child for the middle income trap, many would point to Brazil. For a time, Brazil had one of the fastest growing economies in the world. On today’s show, we head to Brazil to understand why the old blueprint for economic development might not work so well anymore.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The story starts in the Amazon rainforest. With an audacious plan to industrialize the country as fast as possible.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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