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68Maurice Allais, the Economics Nobel Prize for the Theory of so-called Free Market is against Globalization
by thecounterpunch
zoom Maurice Allais is the French Economics Nobel Price Laureate who received this prestigious award in 1988 for his major pioneering work on the Theory of "Free" Market. This Theory of "Free" Market known... published 14 months ago
67The Green Revolution: mainly instigated by the Rockefeller Foundation, the World Bank and IMF
by thecounterpunch
The term “Green Revolution” was first used in 1968 by former USAID director William Gaud, who noted the spread of the new technologies and said, "These and other developments in the field of... published 15 months ago
63[New Book] A Game as Old as Empire: The Secret World of Economic Hit Men and the Web of Global Corruption (free chapter)
by thecounterpunch
Editor Hiatt follows up John Perkins's surprise bestseller, CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN. With an introduction by Perkins and contributions from numerous others, the book explains how the International... published 11 months ago
62The Chase Manhattan Bank: Rockefeller's Bank
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After an epidemic of yellow fever in 1798, in which coffins had been sold by itinerant vendors on street corners, Aaron Burr established the Manhattan Company, with the ostensible aim of bringing clean... published 15 months ago
60Did the $4.8 billion loan from the IMF to Russia finance the Chelsea football club and the Runicom trading group
by thecounterpunch
From the Times: For the first time, the Swiss have revealed why they were forced to abandon their investigation: Russia and the United States, it has emerged, refused to divulge what they knew about the... published 15 months ago
60Harry Dexter White: the man behind Bretton Woods, the World Bank and the IMF was a Soviet Spy
by thecounterpunch
Harry Dexter White (1892 – 1948) was an American economist and senior U.S. Treasury department official. He was a primary mover behind the Bretton Woods Conference, the formations of the World Bank and... published 15 months ago
58Paul Wolfowitz President of the World Bank
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Paul Wolfowitz is currently the President of the World Bank. Today a prominent member of the neo-conservatives in Washington, he was a former aide to Democratic Senator Henry M. Jackson in the 1970s. He was... published 15 months ago
56Asian Development Bank (ADB)
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) was established in 1966 to promote economic and social development in Asian and Pacific countries through loans and technical assistance as a clone of the IBRD (World Bank... published 15 months ago
55Interview with John Perkins author of 'Confessions of an Economic Hit Man'
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DANIEL MCLEOD: You place economic hit men in a long line of imperial agents including Roman centurions, Spanish conquistadors, and 18th and 19th century colonial powers. All of these approaches relied on... published 15 months ago
54The Malthus Factor: Poverty, Politics and Population in Capitalist Development
by thecounterpunch
"The problem was how to keep the wheels of industry turning without increasing the real wealth of the World. Goods must be produced, but they must not be distributed" -- George Orwell in 1984, Chapter III -... published 16 months ago
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