In early September he uprooted his family and headed south for what he hopes is a 9-to 12-month stay, tackling the system issues and trying to mend damaged customer relationships.
On top of this, Germany's dismal fiscal situation needs tackling and its federal system needs overhauling.
However, there is little stomach in the political system for tackling such problems.
Peter Kenway, co-author of the report, said that the tax credits system was tackling the symptoms, not the root cause, of the issue that many people were not getting enough income despite doing many hours of work each week.
Even so, the idea of tackling obesity via the tax system has some serious flaws.
The total energy system cost of tackling climate change could be similar to doing nothing and may even be cheaper than remaining fossil fuel dependent (even if fossil fuel prices are not high).
The government was tackling the issue by improving the welfare system, the education system, and back to work programmes, he said.
So at a meeting with Mr Cardoso this week, congressional leaders promised greater urgency on constitutional amendments aimed at tackling Brazil's rigid and generous entitlement system, which is the root of its fiscal problems.
"We will reform the corporate tax system by simplifying reliefs and allowances, and tackling avoidance, in order to reduce headline rates, " said Mr Osborne.
What no Italian government has succeeded in doing is tackling the endemic corruption, political interference, bureaucratic inefficiency and broken justice system that has deterred investment, stifled innovation and destroyed any hope the country might grow its way out of its debt burden.
But he said tackling those kind of social issues had to be balanced with reforms to the youth justice system and measures to ensure more police were on the streets.
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