The IMF - classic or dud

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Lagarde faces an abuse of authority probe, a French court has decided.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14399227

StanM, Thursday, 4 August 2011 15:19 (twelve years ago) link

They will keep giving the job to French people...

R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Thursday, 4 August 2011 15:23 (twelve years ago) link

two years pass...

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/13/us/after-protests-imf-chief-withdraws-as-smith-colleges-commencement-speaker.html?emc=edit_th_20140513&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=31119931

A week before she was to speak at the Smith College commencement, Christine Lagarde, chief of the International Monetary Fund, has withdrawn from the event, citing protests against her and the fund, the college said Monday.

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“The I.M.F. has been a primary culprit in the failed developmental policies implanted in some of the world’s poorest countries,” said an online petition against Ms. Lagarde’s appearance at Smith, a women’s college. “This has led directly to the strengthening of imperialist and patriarchal systems that oppress and abuse women worldwide.”

curmudgeon, Tuesday, 13 May 2014 13:41 (nine years ago) link


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