O'Neill on grants

John Mage jmage at panix.com
Thu Feb 21 14:23:43 PST 2002


Brad DeLong wrote:


> Of course not. It's a stalking horse for eliminating foreign aid
> completely, once the WB spends down its capital...

From Johnson's Russia List today, in a piece mainly dealing with the first round of destabilizing demos by ultra-nationalists aimed by western intelligence services at the recently elected Communist government of Moldava, appears the following :


> on Tuesday, the World Bank warned Moldova's authorities that
> it must cancel plans to nationalize privatized companies or risk losing
> US$115 million in loans.

In this inter-imperialrulingclass dispute about the WB, I hope O'Neill wins...

john mage



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