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#406: Debt-Based Colonialism and Structural Adjustment with Alex Gladstein

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Why the IMF and World Bank Prefer to Work With Undemocratic Clients

The IMF and World Bank prefer to work with dictators, says Julian Zelizer. They're vaunted as these pristine institutions but have a track record of working with the most comically brutal regimes in the world. It's not because I'm anti-American; it's because I want us to be better," he says. "This is colonialism, dressed up as development"

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