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IMF warns that world risks sliding into a 1930s-style slump

by News Sources 12.15.2011

The Guardian reports: The world risks sliding into a 1930s-style slump unless countries settle their differences and work together to tackle Europe’s deepening debt crisis, the head of the International Monetary Fund has warned. On a day that saw an escalation in the tit-for-tat trade battle between China and the United States and a deepening [...]

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Europe’s glaring democratic deficit

by News Sources 11.09.2011

Larry Elliott writes: Financial markets rallied last week when the Greek prime minister, George Papandreou, announced he was dropping plans for a referendum on the terms of his country’s bailout. Bond dealers liked the idea that the government in Athens could soon be headed by Lucas Papademos, a former vice-president of the European Central Bank. [...]

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The Robin Hood tax — turning a global crisis into a global opportunity

by News Sources 11.06.2011

Learn more about the Robin Hood tax. Robin Hood tax backed by more than 1,000 economists. (Telegraph) Bill Gates backs Robin Hood tax on bank trades. (Guardian) IMF report [PDF] says: “In principle, an FTT is no more difficult and, in some respects easier, to administer than other taxes.”

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Should Africa repay its ‘odious’ debts?

by News Sources 10.25.2011
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It’s not just Dominique Strauss-Kahn. The IMF itself should be on trial

by News Sources 06.04.2011

Johann Hari writes: Sometimes, the most revealing aspect of the shrieking babble of the 24/7 news agenda is the silence. Often the most important facts are hiding beneath the noise, unmentioned and undiscussed. So the fact that Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), is facing trial for allegedly raping a [...]

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The IMF versus the Arab spring

by News Sources 05.26.2011

Austin Mackell writes: In the midst of the media storm surrounding IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn last week, my feelings were perfectly expressed in a tweet by Paul Kingsnorth: “Could someone please arrest the head of the IMF for screwing the poor for 60 years?” Without diminishing the seriousness of the sexual allegations against Strauss-Kahn, the [...]

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