The Bottom Line: The U.S. Taxpayer and the IMF
CRFB.org - The ... - October 6, 2009 - 11:39am
For the U.S. taxpayer, last weekend’s International Monetary Fund (IMF) meetings in Turkey were a reminder of the importance of global cooperation to tackle the economic and financial crisis. As we (hopefully) enter a new phase of economic and financial recovery, global cooperation will continue to be critical for taxpayer interests. It is probably fair to say that our fiscal and monetary stimulus policies have yielded more bang for the buck because other countries took similar steps at the same time, unlike the 1930s when “beggar-thy-neighbor” policies were the norm...
