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The International Monetary Fund(IMF)is the most powerful financial institution on the planet, capable of dictating economic poli
The International Monetary Fund(IMF)is the most powerful financial institution on the planet, capable of dictating economic poli
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2015-04-29
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The International Monetary Fund(IMF)is the most powerful financial institution on the planet, capable of dictating economic policy to governments: Liaquat Ahamed is the author of a best-selling portrait of central banking in the Great Depression, "Lords of Finance". Putting the two together ought to be a match made in heaven.
Sadly, the result is a rather bland book filled with photographs that are about as exciting as one would expect pictures of IMF officials and meetings to be. As Mr. Ahamed admits, the IMF gave him permission to follow them around since he was " unlikely to be a troublemaker". Having accompanied fund officials on a mission to Ireland, he was prevented by Irish government staff from attending the private talks. As a result, Mr. Ahamed has no real dirt to dish: he clearly admires the work that the fund does and believes in the dedication of its workforce.
What he does possess is a thorough knowledge of economic history, and those who want a general idea of the IMF’s activities will find this book a useful primer(入门书). The fund was part of the post-war institutional arrangement established at Bretton Woods, and it still retains a slight touch of the colonial era(for example, in the convention that a European should be in charge). But those who believe the IMF to be solely a tool of Western capitalism might be surprised to learn that two of the leaders of the Irish mission were Indians, and that the head of the mission in Mozambique was from Brazil. The fund is able to recruit the best and brightest from all over the world: the money is good and a job with the IMF is a very useful addition to any economist’s resume.
The fund has taken a lot of criticism over the years, notably for its handling of the Asian crisis in the late 1990s and for its more recent about-face on the effectiveness of austerity(节俭,朴素). As Mr. Ahamed explains, its staff treat their unpopularity in some parts of the world "almost as a badge of honour, seeing themselves as economic doctors willing to prescribe harsh but necessary medicine". A more critical author might have conducted a forensic(适合辩论的)examination of that case. Should unelected bureaucrats have so much power when economics is such an inexact science? But men a harsher critic would not have been given the access to write this book.
The author suggests that Mr. Ahamed has failed______.
选项
A、to show pictures about the IMF
B、to make any trouble to the IMF
C、to follow the IMF staff all around
D、to tell the inside stories about the IMF
答案
D
解析
推断题。根据题干定位至第二段,在第二段中,作者首先就指出这本书是空洞乏味的,然后在该段最后一句中,作者指出“Mr.Ahamed has no real dirt to dish”,意思是作者并没有真正地爆料,反映IMF的内幕,因此[D]符合文意。
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