By James Petras :: 12.25.2015 Introduction The IMF is the leading international monetary agency whose public purpose is to maintain the stability of the global financial system through loans linked to proposals designed to enhance economic recovery and growth. In fact, the IMF has been under the control of the US and Western European states […]
When the IMF Meets: Here’s What Happened At the Global Plutocracy’s Pow Wow in Peru
By: Andrew Gavin Marshall
26 October 2015
Originally posted at Occupy.com
A Year in the World-Traveling Life of U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew
By: Andrew Gavin Marshall
Originally posted at Occupy.com
15 October 2015
Who Rules Europe?
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“Drop the zero, seven"By Michael Hoffman Copyright©2014www.revisionisthistory.orgOn January 15, 2014, Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) gave a speech at the National Press Club in Washington D.C., following the IMF’s annual review of the US economy. (Lagarde has held several ministerial portfolios in France, including Finance, Agriculture, Commerce and Industry. She was also chairman of the international law firm, Baker & McKenzie.
The industry still prizes short-term profit over long-term prudence, today’s bonus over tomorrow’s relationship.
— Christine Lagarde, IMF Chief, May 27, 2014
Only when Mark Carney, Christine Lagarde and Prince Charles start talking about the abolition of privately created debt-based money should we even begin to take them seriously. Of course such an affront to the obscenely wealthy would have seen even Prince Charles ejected from the Mansion House soiree.
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The American Condolleezza Rice, 60, Iraq War architect, and the French Christine Lagarde, 58, International Monetary Fund managing director, have little in common beyond being women of power who have contributed to the misery of millions of people they never cared to meet. And now they have another quality in common, cowardice under fire, albeit only verbal fire after they were invited to speak at college commencements.
Rutgers University invited Rice to speak (for $35,000 and an honorary degree) and Smith College invited Lagarde (compensation undisclosed).
By William Boardman | Reader Supported News | May 14, 2014
What would you expect from powerful people, personal courage?
By William Boardman | Reader Supported News | May 14, 2014
What would you expect from powerful people, personal courage?
