I Think The Imf Helped To Detonate

It's The American Leadership That Has Not Played The Role It Should Be Playing And That Leaders In Other Countries Have Been Playing.

Every Morning Our Newspapers Could Read, 'more Than 20,000 People Perished Yesterday Of Extreme Poverty.' How? The Poor Die In Hospital Wards That Lack Drugs, In Villages That Lack Antimalarial Bed Nets, In Houses That Lack Safe Drinking Water. They Die Namelessly, Without Public Comment. Sadly, Sad Stories Rarely Get Written.

The Runs Started In Thailand After The Imf Intervened In Such A Dramatic Way. Then The Imf Came To Indonesia.

Our Challenge, Our Generation's Unique Challenge, Is Learning To Live Peacefully And Sustainably In An Extraordinarily Crowded World. Our Planet Is Crowded To An Unprecendented Degree. It Is Bursting At The Seams. It's Bursting At The Seams In Human Terms, In Economic Terms, And In Ecological Terms

The Rich Do Not Have To Invest Enough In The Poorest Countries To Make Them Rich; They Need To Invest Enough So That These Countries Can Get Their Foot On The Economic Ladder . . . Economic Development Works. It Can Be Successful. It Tends To Build On Itself. But It Must Get Started.