The Quiet Coup

The crash has laid bare many unpleasant truths about the United States. One of the most alarming, says a former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund, is that the finance industry has effectively captured our government—a state of affairs that more typically describes emerging markets, and is at the center of many emerging-market crises. If the IMF’s staff could speak freely about the U.S., it would tell us what it tells all countries in ... Full Story »

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Ben Ross
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by Ben Ross - May. 8, 2009

the best thing I've read on the market and government sleeping arrangements...in bed together.

off with their heads!....or something along those lines. Glenn Greenwald's quotes on 'rule of law' thursday hit the gov right where the media seldom does...this is an exception. GOOD

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