Justificativas econômicas para a publicação da Medida Provisória nº 664/2014: repercussões sobre os direitos fundamentais de 2º geração

Abstract

The fiscal adjustment policy resulting from public accounts deficit represents one of the main solutions found by the current government to resume the country’s economic growth. The purpose of this study is to conduct a brief analysis of the Provisional Act 664, highlighting, in addition to major changes in Social Security, the fiscal adjustment policy, and how an economic imbalance influences fundamental rights, especially second generation rights. It is an investigation of descriptive nature based on bibliographic and documentary research. The results indicate that the deficit aggravation in the public accounts is listed as one of its main consequences, the still present effects of economic growth strategies adopted in specific sectors such as Construction, Agriculture, Automotive and the Home Appliances industry to contain the advance of the financial market crisis of 2008 and in the long run became negative for the government. As a result, the fiscal adjustment policy adopted by the current Brazilian government has emerged.