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• Neoliberal
economics, aka "market fundamentalism."
The idea that we are
better off eliminating all barriers to trade (and commerce in
general), all the time.
• Policy space.
Letting governments choose the economic policies that actually
fit their circumstances, instead of restricting them with
one-size-fits-all trade agreements or harmful conditions
attached to aid or loans.
• World Bank.
An international body, controlled by wealthy countries, that
lends and grants money to poor countries in order to fight
poverty. It is slowly getting over the destructive habit of
imposing harmful conditions.
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International Monetary Fund. An international body
controlled by wealthy nations. When its original goals (having
to do with currency exchange rates and short-term
balance-of-payments problems) became obsolete in the 1970s and
after, the IMF started strong-arming poor countries into
accepting damaging conditions.
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