CID Outreach Coordinator Camila Lobo interviews Fabio Kanczuk, Secretary of Economic Policy at the Brazilian Ministry of Finance and Full Professor of Macroeconomics at the University of São Paulo on the roots of Brazil's economic crisis, the measures being adopted and the current and future challenges for Brazilian policy-makers. Interview recorded on April 14th, 2017. For more information about our research and events, please go to: www.cid.harvard.edu About the Speaker: Fabio Kanczuk is Electronic Engineer “Magna cum Laude” from ITA (Aeronautic Technological Institute), holds a Ph.D. in Economics from UCLA and a post-doctorate from Harvard University. His academic work was published in international journals as Journal of International Economics, Review of Economic Dynamics, Journal of Development Economics and Review of International Economics. In the private sector, he was a consultant during the last twenty years, and was a Partner at Rosenberg Consultoria, MCM Consultores, Reliance Gestão de Ativos, e Brazil Warrant Gestão de Investimentos. He is currently Full Professor of Macroeconomics at the University of São Paulo, and the Secretary of Economic Policy at the Brazilian Ministry of Finance.