Oddbean new post about login | logout Why is he pursuing IMF funding then? Is it not the globalism he speaks out against?
typical fascistic muddying of the waters in order to consolidate power and loyalty to the nation (and its autocrat); the enemy is corrupt and weak while posing an existential threat to the nation. He'll take IMF money while denouncing their influence on the country, but if the overall economic conditions improve, people will forgive him. Until the next crisis.
Have you watch at all the games America played recently in Pakistan by holding an IMF "loan" hostage??? The squeeze was so tight that Prime Minister Sharif began engaging with China for funding. The quid-pro-quo there, however, was that China wanted access to the Gwadar port including - possibly - the right to host certain military assets. America/IMF blinked and the IMF "loan" was made.