Stiglitz on world gov't; Koch-Weser in the lead

Rob Schaap rws at comserver.canberra.edu.au
Tue Feb 1 11:04:12 PST 2000



>The difficulty so far of finding a successor to outgoing IMF Managing Director
>Michel Camdessus reflects the contradictions in the debate
>surrounding the Fund,
>Stiglitz says. What is needed is someone with qualities that are generally
>difficult to combine: financial competence and a sharp sense of the need to
>respect democratic and human exigencies.

And I need a publican who extends credit indefinitely, loves to listen to her patrons whinge about how the country/world are run, and stays open if I haven't finished yet ...



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