Mr Gore wants to stand out as the man who can sustain the high-tech boom, and at the same time devisemeasures that protect the weak from technology's more alarming consequences.
One would allow national supervisors to give company boards the right to devise defensive measures to deter predators, without first obtaining shareholder approval.
The Central Bank and the Finance Ministry joined forces earlier this week to devise two new measures and amendments to the Constitution to keep the Brazilian real from strengthening too much against the dollar.