International Monetary Fund - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/international_monetary_fund/?source=rss&aim=international_monetary_fund en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:11:00 PST "The End of Poverty?": How the rich steal from the poor By Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/11/13/poverty/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/11/13/poverty/index.html?source=rss Does a confrontational new documentary try to resurrect Marx for the 21st century? And is that such a bad idea? China's long march against the dollar By Andrew Leonard Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/09/03/china_and_the_dollar/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/09/03/china_and_the_dollar/index.html?source=rss By purchasing $50 billion of new IMF bonds, the People's Republic is backing up talk with action Daniel Ortega's new best friend: Hugo Chavez By Lydia Chávez Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/02/08/ortega/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/02/08/ortega/index.html?source=rss Former Sandinista revolutionary Ortega is back on top in Nicaragua. Will his alliance with Venezuela -- complete with subsidized oil -- be a model for the rest of Central America? Coalition of the billing -- or unwilling? By Laura McClure Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/03/12/foreign_aid/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/03/12/foreign_aid/index.html?source=rss The Bush administration is lavishing billions of dollars on potential allies at the U.N. Strangely, it isn't working. The new gilded age and its discontents By Damien Cave Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/07/03/stiglitz/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/07/03/stiglitz/index.html?source=rss Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz talks about the corporate looting spree and Bush's woeful mismanagement of the economy. Obama's G-20 summit problem: U.S. credibility By Andrew Leonard Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/04/01/obama_and_g20/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/04/01/obama_and_g20/index.html?source=rss How do you convince other countries to follow your economic lead after leading the world down the garden path to a global recession? Simon Johnson's crusade against the oligarchs of Wall Street By Andrew Leonard Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/03/31/the_imf_and_the_quiet_coup/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/03/31/the_imf_and_the_quiet_coup/index.html?source=rss The left cheers as a former IMF chief economist preaches "structural adjustments" for the U.S. But didn't "the Washington Consensus" help get the world into its current mess? Michele Bachmann defends the holy dollar By Andrew Leonard Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/03/26/michele_bachmann_and_geithner/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/03/26/michele_bachmann_and_geithner/index.html?source=rss The Minnesota congresswoman introduces legislation to protect the greenback from the new world order meddling of Tim Geithner, the Benedict Arnold of treasury secretaries. The return of the Third World By Andrew Leonard Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/10/27/return_of_the_third_world/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/10/27/return_of_the_third_world/index.html?source=rss Next up on the global economy catastrophe hit-list: Emerging economies. Let's be fair: They need a bailout, too When is a recession not a recession? By Andrew Leonard Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/04/14/global_recession_definition/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/04/14/global_recession_definition/index.html?source=rss When it is a "global" recession, as defined by the International Monetary Fund The IMF gets gloomy-doomy By Andrew Leonard Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/04/10/since_the_great_depression/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/04/10/since_the_great_depression/index.html?source=rss A slight chance of global recession is in the forecast, and the dreaded phrase "since the Great Depression" pops up again. A mixed message on subprime from the IMF By Andrew Leonard Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/09/24/regulate_everything/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/09/24/regulate_everything/index.html?source=rss A report from the International Monetary Fund acknowledges that the system could be tweaked to work better. But don't go too far! The U.S. homeowner and the global economy By Andrew Leonard Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/04/09/world_economic_outlook/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/04/09/world_economic_outlook/index.html?source=rss State tax revenues are dropping because of the housing bust, but the IMF says the rest of the world hasn't caught the American flu -- yet. Argentina's tango with globalization By Andrew Leonard Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/12/13/argentina/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/12/13/argentina/index.html?source=rss President Nestor Kirchner: "No one is known to have succeeded in getting their money back from the dead." Smash the Consensus! By Andrew Leonard Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/01/06/washington_consensus/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/01/06/washington_consensus/index.html?source=rss Anti-globalizationists are trying to stop the tide. Here's a better target. Interview with Joseph Stiglitz Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2002/07/03/stiglitz/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2002/07/03/stiglitz/index.html?source=rss The winner of the 2001 Nobel prize in economics talks with Damien Cave about his book "Globalization and Its Discontents," the WorldCom scandal, the mistakes of the IMF and more. Keeping an eye on protesters By Sarah Ferguson Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/09/29/surveillance/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/09/29/surveillance/index.html?source=rss International authorities are sharing information -- not all of it accurate -- about anti-globalization activists. Prague dissent By Bruce Shapiro Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/09/27/prague/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/09/27/prague/index.html?source=rss The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank hold their annual meeting in the Czech Republic -- a country that exemplifies growing European inequality. Globalization and its discontents Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/special/wto/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/special/wto/index.html?source=rss Salon's coverage of world trade talks, the rising protests and their political legacy. Silencing Joseph Stiglitz By David Moberg Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/05/02/stiglitz/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/05/02/stiglitz/index.html?source=rss The World Bank cuts its ties to the economist who became an unlikely hero to world trade protesters. Elian! Nature trumps politics By Camille Paglia Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/people/col/pagl/2000/04/26/cpelian/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/col/pagl/2000/04/26/cpelian/index.html?source=rss Enough is enough! Lazaro's a strutting bullyboy, Marisleysis is a hysterical narcissist; Ralph Nader may get my vote; and Phyllis Diller vs. Gloria Steinem. Sleeping with the enemy By Lisa Guide Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/04/24/enemy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/04/24/enemy/index.html?source=rss While I'm planning security for the IMF demonstrations, my husband is getting thrown in jail. He better not ask me for bail. Letters to the editor Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/04/20/protests/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/04/20/protests/index.html?source=rss The global impact of the D.C. protests Plus: Are Benetton death penalty ads art? Should organs be for sale? Labor meets the granola crunchers By Daryl Lindsey Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/04/18/blue_green/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/04/18/blue_green/index.html?source=rss "These are very beautiful, idealistic kids," says United Steelworkers boss George Becker. World Bank and IMF: The match continues By Daryl Lindsey Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/04/18/imf_fightclub/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/04/18/imf_fightclub/index.html?source=rss Our experts debate the role of globalism's de facto government against the backdrop of protests in Washington.