8 Best young brazilian economists (under 40)

1 - Bresser : ok, he is not that young, but this is partly offset by his very fresh economic ideas (a man is as young as his ideas)

2 - FK: undergoing a significant hair-thining process but still capable of using dexterously the Matlab

3 - CESG: undergoing a significant receding hair-line process but still capable of doing a good amount of algebra

4 - Pedro Cavalcanti: only columnist in "The Value" who still does serious academic research

5 - Samuel: only columnist in "The Leaf" able to do growth decomposition analysis and at the same time tell you everything there is to know about cachaça spiritis

6 - Alex: the most corageous young economist ever; capable of churning out articles on the problems of the brazilian economy every other minute

7 - De Bolle: knows a lot of literature, speaks english like a native, worked for the IMF and says very attractive things

8 - Genta: a bit above "optimal weight" but eating salad and meat every day after rerunning the SAMBA model endlessly in the Excel

9 - Economist X, who should top this list, actually, since he is sort of a linear combination of all the above and costs are convex