[THS] IMF As Grim Reaper of Austerity?

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America Is Losing Its Imperial Status
IMF As Grim Reaper of Austerity?

By Washington's Blog

The IMF has already performed a complete audit of the whole US financial system,
something which they have only previously done to broke third world nations.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25330.htm

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The Shrinking Influence of the US Federal Reserve

By Gabor Steingart in Washington

Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the United States Federal Reserve Bank, faces a
general investigation by the International Monetary Fund. Just one more example of
the Fed losing its power. - No Fed chief in US history has been forced to submit to
the kind of humiliation that Ben Bernanke is facing.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25329.htm

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Financial Reform: Empower the People

By Ralph Nader

Anyone modestly familiar with the history of regulatory failures knows that the gross
disparity of power and organized advocacy between big business and consumers
outside of government leads to an absence of fair standards and law enforcement.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25328.htm