One of the seven societies
Brazil: Participation to Burden, Worth and Respect
The five final values
| Measure | Brazil | Reference point |
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| Participation to Burden ratio, paid work (with home work) | 0.52 (0.71) | 1 = participation equals burden |
| Ratio of the richest 1% (its parts counted in hours of work) | −0.82 | 0 = on the brink; above 0 = inside the green boundary |
| Overall worth level, hours of NEP work a week per capable adult (set point) | 25.6 (25.0) | Above the set point (in brackets) = spare participation |
| Respect value | 0.79 | 1 = world-average preference gradient where the hours given equal the hours needed |
| VIL depth | 73% | 0% = no need rests on a resource that does not satisfy the green check |
Size of the society
| World Bank region | Latin America and the Caribbean |
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| People in 2025 (millions) | 212.8 |
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| Share of the world | 2.6% |
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The ratio and its parts
| NEP share of paid hours | 0.43–0.49 |
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| All-hours ratio R (2020) | 1.12 |
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| Ratio, paid work (narrow–broad) | 0.52 (0.48–0.55) |
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| Ratio, with unpaid home work | 0.71 (0.68–0.73) |
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The worked example: A worked example: Brazil.
The richest 1% of adults, in hours of work a year
| Final value | −0.82 |
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| Range from the tests | −0.90 to −0.63 |
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| Own work (hours) | 2,234 |
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| Others' work drawn (hours) | 21,775 |
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| Drawn beyond own work (hours) | 19,541 |
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All four groups, in hours of work
| Bottom 50% | inside |
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| Middle 40% | 3.48 |
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| Next 9% | 0.10 |
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| Richest 1% | −0.82 |
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Other sides of the same picture
| Richest 1%: carbon, times the fair share (2019) | 26 |
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| Wealth held offshore, % of the society's yearly output (2023) | 3.4 |
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| Tax collected, % of net domestic product (2021) | 37 |
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The worked example: A worked example: the richest 1% of Brazil.
Food grown and sent out
| Food grown ÷ need | 1.97 |
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| Sent out, share of need | 0.59 |
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| Share that feeds people | 0.49 |
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| NEP work given (+) or drawn (−), net, hours a week per capable adult | +1.3 |
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| Food counted | 1.29 |
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Overall worth level
| Worth level (hours of NEP work a week per capable adult) | 25.6 |
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| Set point (hours needed a week per capable adult) | 25.0 |
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| Capable adults below the set point | 70% |
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The three routes
| Caring acts | 0.87 |
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| Teaching unselfishness | 1.13 |
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| Strategies | 1.03 |
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| Q | 1.01 |
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The two halves of the preference gradient
| Given directly, % of own income | 0.3 |
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| S | 0.54 |
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| Q | 1.01 |
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| PR | 0.78 |
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Respect value
| Preference gradient | 0.78 |
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| Worth level (share of the set point) | 1.02 |
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| Respect value | 0.79 |
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| All individuals | 0.86 |
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· Russia came last in 76% of the runs and in the last three places in 98%; the United States and Brazil were each in the last three in 70%.
How much of each need rests on resources failing the green check
| Food: factory nitrogen and wild fish | 16% |
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| Food: farm work by machines | 98% |
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| Food, both together | 98% |
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| Cooking and heating | 98% |
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| Electricity | 13% |
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| Transport | 82% |
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VIL depth, and what if those resources vanished
| VIL depth (range) | 73% (73–73%) |
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| Production adequacy now → if they vanished (with pumping) | 1.04 → 0.98 (0.96) |
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| Set point, hours needed a week per capable adult: now → if they vanished (food and electricity cut + farm machine work by hand = together, range) (with pumping) | 25.0 → 26.4 + 71.3 = 97.7 (79.6–117.8) (98.3) |
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| Worth level, hours given a week | 25.6 |
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The ratio beside the needs reaching the people
| Ratio, paid work (Part 1) | 0.52 |
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| Share of the basic needs reaching the people (Part 3) | 0.94 |
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· The respect value runs from 0.65 to 1.37; the middle three (1.03, 0.93, 0.92) are not firmly ordered, nor are Brazil and the United States (both 0.79) (see Part 4).
