Re: Re: Re: Re: Close the IMF

[Jim Devine <jdevine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > > Dornbusch was just on Talk of the Nation on NPR.  Just disgraceful.
> > > Spoke of the "poor IMF,"  it's working people's fault for electing bad
> > > governments, etc.
> >
> > one of his main enemies is something called "populism," which refers to
> > any kind of effort to control markets, corporations, etc.

Brad sez:
> Not a fair characterization of Dornbusch's category of "populism," as you
> should know...

I believe that his hatred of populism goes beyond his explicit use of
categories. Doug has a lot of good quotes from old Rudi which indicate
where his loyalties lie.

Jim Devine jdevine@xxxxxxx &  http://liberalarts.lmu.edu/~jdevine