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Debt, the IMF and the World Bank: Sixty Questions, Sixty Answers
Eric Toussaint
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Paperback. Millet's name appears first in the French ed. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: KCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 426. Sixty Questions, Sixty Answers. 304 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: KCL. Dimension: 208 x 139 x 24. Weight: 430.
Mainstream economists tell us that developing countries will replicate the economic achievements of the rich countries if they implement the correct free-market policies. But scholars and activists Toussaint and Millet demonstrate that this is patently false. Drawing on a wealth of detailed evidence, they explain how developed economies have systematically and deliberately exploited the less-developed economies by forcing them into unequal trade and political relationships. Integral to this arrangement are the international economic institutions ostensibly created to safeguard the stability of the global economy--the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank--and the imposition of massive foreign debt on ... Read more
Mainstream economists tell us that developing countries will replicate the economic achievements of the rich countries if they implement the correct free-market policies. But scholars and activists Toussaint and Millet demonstrate that this is patently false. Drawing on a wealth of detailed evidence, they explain how developed economies have systematically and deliberately exploited the less-developed economies by forcing them into unequal trade and political relationships. Integral to this arrangement are the international economic institutions ostensibly created to safeguard the stability of the global economy--the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank--and the imposition of massive foreign debt on ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Monthly Review Press,U.S.
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
447g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781583672228
SKU
V9781583672228
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About Eric Toussaint
ric Toussaint, a doctor in political science, is president of the Committee for the Abolition of Third World Debt, CADTM Belgium. He is author of A Diagnosis of Emerging Global Crisis and Alternatives and The World Bank: A Critical Primer, among other books. Damien Millet teaches mathematics and is spokespersonfor CADTM France. He is the author ... Read more
Reviews for Debt, the IMF and the World Bank: Sixty Questions, Sixty Answers
Not only an indispensable tool for pro-poor anti-debt activists, but also a very useful synthesis that can and should be used in classrooms. -Gilbert Achcar, Professor of Development Studies at the School of Orientatal and African Studies, University of London