I have been reading lots of interesting articles in the ‘Global Economics’ section in ZNet and I came across this interview the gist of which is this :
The key issue is that the World Bank and IMF are controlled exclusively by the rich nations and work exclusively in the poor nations. They set economic policies for those poor nations and effectively deny the governments of those nations from making a serious attempt at setting their own economic policies–and therefore their own political prescriptions.
Read more :
ZNet | Global Economics | They Are Systematically Destroying Economies
Another interesting aritcle sought to explain what the IMF, WTO and others actually do, to people like me who have no clue :
A Q&A on the WTO, IMF, World Bank, and Activism
Anyway, it’s Tuesday morning and thankfully, my exam originally scheduled for tomorrow has been postponed to Monday – hooray !
Owners of cellphones [like myself] should find this piece on Mobile Manners very useful and interesting – I plan to keep them in mind from now on.
