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The Dig: Private Money with Stefan Eich

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Is Conditional Lending a New Form of Financial Hegemony?

The i m f is trying to find a new path of financial hegemony in the ruins of bretonwoods. Most lending that happens in the 19 seventies into the early 19 eighties is in dollars, right? So what we witness here is a kind of first excitement almost on the part of recently decolonized countries. But it comes with draconian measures that try to implement and take control of er domestic budgeards and households.

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