Progressives and labor union activists worked to
a.
pass new laws to prohibit or limit child labor.
b.
increase businesses’ dependence upon child labor.
c.
make it a criminal offense for parents to allow their children to work.
d.
require businesses to pay women and children the same as they paid men.

for starters, there is the structural trend of rising primary government expenditure as a share of gdp, which reached 36% in 2014, up from 22% in 1991. this increase reflected a political desire to address the poverty and inequality that had gone unaddressed during previous decades. to support the increase, brazil’s government increased taxes on consumption and promoted progress toward labor-market formalization. nonetheless, public investment, particularly in infrastructure, took a hit. in fact, with the exception of the 2005-2008 period, total investment as a share of gdp has remained below 20% since 1991.

d) a constitutional amendment