>
> Now it's unlikely that democracy will prevail on a world scale in
the near
> future (since, heck, it doesn't even prevail in the U.S.) As a
compromise,
> perhaps we could return the IMF to the original role that Keynes and
White
> recommended it. Given the way in which the IMF has screwed things
up, it
> should be abolished, with its positive functions being shifted to
the Bank
> of International Settlements...
>
> (of course this is silly, since the powers that be want to keep the
IMF in
> the saddle. The banks and financiers aren't going to allow the IMF
to be
> emasculated without a fight. But it does suggest a direction.)
>
> Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~JDevine
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How do we build on JD's suggestion. Things are gearing up for another
action in DC against IMF/WB this fall so having some, dare I say,
cookbooks, and arguments will be of great help to activists....
Ian
