Posted by: vinothifes on: June 18, 2011
The IMF is once again in the news, with its dire warnings about Greece’s debt and the US deficit slowing down global economic growth. This tedious obsession with “growth” and fiscal management, while all other considerations- such as the nature of that growth, who bears the cost of that growth (e.g. deaths by pollution, climate [...]
Posted by: vinothifes on: June 3, 2011
It is tempting to read Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s alleged rape of a hotel maid as paradigmatic of the IMF’s attitude towards poor nations and their citizens. It is also tempting to see the incident as typical of the abuse and harassment of women that are taken for granted in corridors of power around the world. I [...]
