Brazil’s Supersalaries And Hyperactive Courts: How A Democracy Trips Itself Up

(Analysis) Brazil is famous for crime, bad roads and weak schools. Less visible is a public-sector elite that earns like global CEOs and increasingly behaves like a third chamber of politics. A study of 11 countries found Brazil in first place for public-sector “supersalaries”. Between August 2024 and July 2025, about 53,500 active and retired […]