How can a country's laws and regulations influence the fight against inequality? In this week's episode, researcher Bruno Ottoni and professor Pedro Nery open the debate on the impact of labor legislation on the workforce, job vacancies and, consequently, the reduction of poverty and social inequality.

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Articles:

Law creates jobs, yes

Labor reform can help formalize millions of workers

Why is there so much informality among Brazilians who work part-time?

The impacts of Brazilian labor reform

How good ideas die

Crushed by the present

The right without work

Labor reform is a bet for job growth

Books:

Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies

The Technology Trap: Capital, Labor, and Power in the Age of Automation