Here's a mad idea. If you want to see critical analysis of the IMF, try looking on websites other than the IMF's own website. For example;As an example, here is the letter of intent between Latvia and the IMF. Not the best example of an extreme-right 'Chicago School' political approach I have ever seen.
http://www.imf.org/external/np/loi/2010/lva/070510.pdf
I should point out that I am not the biggest fan of the IMF. Reminds me a bit too much of the UN!
I'm pretty sure that I've never asked somebody for 'an article rather than a book'.
I'm really not that motivated to go digging round for articles for you, only to find them dismissed because you don't like what they're saying.
Anything that involves the IMF is inherently political. They come in with an extreme-right 'Chigaco School' political approach.
Here's a mad idea. If you want to see critical analysis of the IMF, try looking on websites other than the IMF's own website. For example;
http://www.cepr.net/index.php/press-releases/press-releases/imf-conditions-harmful/
http://www.cepr.net/index.php/publications/reports/imf-supported-macroeconomic-policies-and-the-world-recession/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nathan-lewis/the-imf-destroys-iceland_b_276193.html
Yes, that would be too much. I don't have the books to hand. In fact, I don't have them at all, as I got them from the library.You made pretty big generalisations about the IMF. If you do insist on providing a whole books as a reference, (left leaning as they are), would it be too much to ask for specific references in it?
You're right, I'm not bothered to go digging for them.This is fantastic stuff altogether and something other posters should link to whenever you ask for a reference in the future. Also, please point me to any article you have ever referenced (if your bothered to go digging for them) where I have dismissed it?
See above.Linky?
I didn't say it was an IMF article. I suggested that you look beyond the IMF website.It wasn't an IMF article. It was a Lativan Government document.
The IMF have their own sacred cows. They will eliminate public services. They will privatise everything that moves. You can expect to be paying directly for everything - health services, education, roads, water etc etc. They will eliminate local industry and encourage imports of everything. Have a look at their track record in South America.
Anything that involves the IMF is inherently political. They come in with an extreme-right 'Chigaco School' political approach.
See this post.So can you back these statements up or not?
Yes, that would be too much. I don't have the books to hand. In fact, I don't have them at all, as I got them from the library.
You're right, I'm not bothered to go digging for them.
Right so that's a 'no' then. All I needed to know.
I really have no expectation of other AAM posters. Read the whole book, or don't read it. It doesn't bother me in the slightest, tbh.So you expect us to read whole books to validate your claims?
Or maybe it's because regardless of what evidence I find, people will find ways to ignore/discount/discredit the information that they don't like. At a guess, there are articles somewhere on the internet that support my view. I'm really not that bothered to spend 20 minutes on Google digging them out.Maybe it's because you know they don't exist.
Or maybe it's because regardless of what evidence I find, people will find ways to ignore/discount/discredit the information that they don't like.
It would raise their interest in moving elsewhere. So I would think it wouldn't raise much at all in the end, and probably decrease chances of further investment here.How much would a 5% increase in tax rate of multinationals raise?
Why? Those that are here for the low corporation rate don't even pay that rate at present.It would raise their interest in moving elsewhere. So I would think it wouldn't raise much at all in the end, and probably decrease chances of further investment here.
Or maybe it's because regardless of what evidence I find, people will find ways to ignore/discount/discredit the information that they don't like.
1. If you were bothered to look you'd find I haven't ignored/discounted/discredited any links you have provided. Of course I'll argue them and give reasons why I think they are valid or not.
You can take it that I wont be ask others to post references in a particular medium and of a particular slant that suits me.2. I take it so that you won't be asking others to post references in future to back up their arguments.
The IMF have their own sacred cows. They will eliminate public services. They will privatise everything that moves. You can expect to be paying directly for everything - health services, education, roads, water etc etc. They will eliminate local industry and encourage imports of everything. Have a look at their track record in South America.
OK, so I bothered to look - on the first page of your posts I find;