Christine Lagarde Imf

The International Misery Fund

Tony Mckenna | Posted 07.08.2012 | UK Politics
Tony Mckenna

At its inception in 1945, the IMF was disputed by two rival tendencies. The British group, led by the brilliant economist J Maynard Keynes, envisaged an organisation which would act to regulate capital flow world-wide in order to cap national deficits, and so avoid the employment crises and economic collapses which had wracked the world economy of the 30s.