Larry Summers, 'Gross Hypocrisy' and PRC's AIIB

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Zzzzz...Barack yaps too much...will set things straight in WaPo...zzzzz... I am utterly perplexed by this recent, bizarre op-ed by former U... Continue reading →

Ebola Smackdown: World Bank Takes On the WHO

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Could the World Bank have handled the Ebola outbreak in West Africa better? Let's begin 2015 with an important and hard-hitting brand of... Continue reading →

The Day the World Bank (Sorta) Went on Strike

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World Bank headquarters - an unlikely site for "industrial action." Being in the service of world development and an American-led... Continue reading →

US Hates Competition: Killing PRC's World Bank Rival

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US seeks to strangle Xi Jinping's baby in its cradle. The "market" for development lending is dominated by institutions with n... Continue reading →

New World Order? BRICS "New Development Bank"

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We've heard all that before, unfortunately, BRICS. Grand plans to supplant the (American-designed) postwar global financial architecture... Continue reading →

The Semi-Unfixables: Cyprus, Tunisia

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Oh, the western world's woes: it has now taken on the incredible financial basket case that is Ukraine while not exactly "fixing... Continue reading →

World Bank President and Bono [?!] on Ending Poverty

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We haven't had a video feature in ages, so here's one that should be of general interest. Current World Bank President Jim Yong Kim ... Continue reading →