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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.
It is implied that the author considers the International Monetary Fund as______.
选项
A、a total legacy of the colonial era
B、a pure tool of Western capitalism
C、a fair institution with old conventions
D、a bright assembly of wealth and talents
答案
C
解析
推断题。由题干定位至原文第三段。作者对IMF的看法主要集中在第三段。该段第三句中,作者指出那些一向认为IMF只是西方资本主义工具的人可能会感到惊讶,因为这个机构有大量来自第三世界的经济学家参与其中。并且作者对Mr.Ahamed对IMF的钦敬态度也未持反对看法,可见IMF在他看来还是公正的,但他在第三段第二句也指出这个机构还保留着一些殖民时代的遗风,因此[C]的概括全面恰当,故为答案。
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