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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Mike LaBonte
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by Mike LaBonte - Apr. 15, 2009

As with many articles written by experts, this relies on the author's knowledge and not as much on others. That is not to say that it is all opinion, for there is quite a bit of evidence in the first 3 pages. But the last page is all opinion, well considered as it may be.

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