Laura Barbosa de Carvalho (born 1984) is a Brazilian economist, associate professor at the Faculty of Economics and Administration at the University of São Paulo. Carvalho has a master's degree from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and a doctorate from the New School. Her research area is macroeconomics, focusing on economic development and income redistribution.[1]
Her 2018 book Valsa Brasileira: do boom ao caos econômico, which analyzes the growth and subsequent crisis of the Brazilian economy starting in 2014, became one of the country's best-selling books that year.[2][3] The book became a finalist for the 61st Jabuti Prize in the "Humanities" category, but did not win.[2][3]
Still in 2018, she participated in the initial formulation of the economic proposals of the pre-candidate Guilherme Boulos, who was running for president for the Socialism and Liberty Party in the 2018 presidential election.[3][4]
She wrote a column for newspaper Folha de S. Paulo from 2015 to 2019.[5] As of 2020, she is a columnist for the news website Nexo.[6]
^"Bolsonaro relançou meu livro, diz economista criticada pelo presidente". Época. 2019-12-11. [...]Inclusive, quando ele fala que sou economista da campanha do PSOL, ele também erra. Participei de uma primeira fase da elaboração do programa, mas sequer continuei na discussão. Não participei de nenhuma campanha na eleição de 2018.
