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Issues in Economics Today
Issues in Economics Today
Robert Guell, Indiana State University

International Monetary Fund

Web-Based Issues Questions

Question 15.1

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http://www.brook.edu/dybdocroot/pressroom/conferencereport/cr01.htm

Discuss the importance of “moral hazard” in the discussion of what the IMF should do in future financial crises. What does this suggest IMF policy should be with regard to “rescuing”  countries?

Question 15.2

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http://www.heritage.org/library/backgrounder/bg1204.html

Comment on this conservative think-tank’s approach to “reforming” the IMF. Note that the IMF is criticized as being an undemocratic organization that acts in secret. Comment on whether economic rescues are such that quick reactions by experts justify the undemocratic decision making process that is being criticized.





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