La grande désillusion
Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9782253155386 (2253155381)
Publish date: September 1st 2003
Publisher: Livre de Poche
Pages no: 407
Edition language: French
Category:
Non Fiction,
History,
Academic,
Business,
Culture,
Politics,
Philosophy,
Sociology,
Political Science,
Social Science,
Society
The logic is clear and the image of IMF is quite convincingly revolting (especially accompanied by the Afterword, hahah). Examples however are quite general and not specific enough to my liking. 3.5+ stars.
I guess I picked this up thinking that it would be interesting to see what a former president of the World Bank had to say about the globalisation debate. It was an interesting read but I sometimes wonder the extent of the appeal that this book would have since it is written by the former president ...
I read this some time last year and I was in shock by just how heinous the IMF,World Bank and WTO were regarding developing countries. Very informative book.
Stiglitz examines the roles of the IMF, World Bank and WTO in recent (the book was published in 2002, so not that recent!) economic crises around the world and the effect policies of these organisations had on the crises. He is particularly scathing of the IMF and its world-view driven by US Treasu...
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