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[Max B. Sawicky]

> Speaking of which, yesterday NPR had Jeffrey Sachs on to discuss
> possible replacements for Camdessus.  Sachs was billed as a
> "long time IMF critic".  So a year and a half is a "long time"?
> We're are talking about the architect of the Russian Miracle,
> no?

No.  Yes.  

Actually Sachs' record re: the IMF goes back well
before his Russian gig.

As I've pointed out before, debt relief and a prescription
of economic liberalism (classical) for the soon-to-be 
ex-socialist countries are not inconsistent, though
neither implies the other.

mbs