U.S. manipulation of world finance
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- Wall Street' financial terrorism: new
weapons, same old imperialism
- By Bob Djurdjevic, Chronicles, [5 December,
1997]. Parallels between the British Empire and the New
World Order Empire are striking. It's just that the
British crown relied on brute force to achieve its
objectives, while the NWO elite mostly use financial
terrorism.
- Bailout of the Kremlin: How U.S. Pressed the
I.M.F.
- By Michael R. Gordon and David E. Sanger, The New
York Times, 17 July 1998. This week, in a complete
reversal, the I.M.F. and the Russian government announced a
bailout package that will inject $17.1 billion in new loans
to the beleaguered nation over the next 18 months. it buys
time for what U.S. officials believe is the most
reform-minded government in Russia in years.
- The Globalizer Who Came In From the
Cold
- By Greg Palast, The Observer, 10 October
2001. A conversation between Greg Palast, reporter, and
Joseph E. Stiglitz, the World Banks former Chief
Economist. His accusations are eye-popping—including
how the IMF and US Treasury fixed the Russian
elections.
- Duck, Duck, Goose: Financing the War,
Financing the World
- By Standard Shaeffer, 23 April 2003. Interview with
Michael Hudson, author of Super
Imperialism. Now that even the LA Times has begun to
show a modicum of willingness to discuss US foreign policy
in terms of a potential imperialism, it has become clear
that those on the right have avoided this debate so far only
by sticking to the strictest, most out-dated notion of
empire.