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IMF Pushes World’s Poorest Countries into “Starvation Diet” as Debt Burdens Spiral
(peoplesdispatch.org)
The IMF is the modern replacement for colonialism
this post was submitted on 10 Oct 2023
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The IMF is colonialism. Who do you think the largest contributors to the IMF are?
Austerity measures don't work.
They force sell offs to western investors.
disaster capitalists at it again
What's a bigger problem than the IMF? Corruption.
The article itself links to another Oxfam report that details how correctly taxing the wealthy in these poorer countries would provide all of the critical social services that these regions are lacking.
https://policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/the-middle-east-and-north-africa-gap-prosperity-for-the-rich-austerity-for-the-621549/