Initially the €Z and EU were the major players when Greek problems started in
2010. DSK offered quite meaningful assistance in terms of liquidity from what
he now called BRICS whom he had previously helped progress in the global
economy. DSK had also indicated that a larger BRIC role in IMF should be put in
place such that European directorship should not be automatic within 10 years.
DSK even promised to renegotiate the World Bank = USA; IMF = Europe convention
as best he could and to ensure that there would be at least 1 BRIC deputy
director ASAP and the First Deputy director would be a BRICie within 5 years
along with non-Europeanization of senior posts like Chief Economist and Head of
Research and Statistics as quickly as possible. DSK made quick progress as
China’s ZhiMin was appointed one of the 3 deputy directors and the stage set for
the appointment of a second from Japan, I think, but forget – something like
Saratonago. Needless to say BRIC investment was really useful as although all
the money is promissory notes to the IMF, BRIC money is the result of growing
economies not governmental borrowing at more and more punitive rates. DSK was a
private and I believe seriously mentally ill, disaster but probably the best IMF
director in 2 decades. So DSK had ensured IMF power through new BRIC money and
in return increased BRIC power and influence. Then lots of things happened
together. Sokrazy realized his UMP candidacy for 2012 presidency was endangered
by his FinMin – Laggard. The size of the French exposure to Greece, around 80bn
was seen. Clever semantics on the reporting request and use of French banks
outside France allowed a much less €40-50bn to be reported, but it was clear
that Greek default could not be allowed or France would fail. DSK had to go. May
2011. An opportunity to get rid of an election threat and relieve pressure on EU
institutions and on the basis of exhibited Greek ‘attitude’ shown already, ‘une
carte blanche’ to drive a country to an economic wasteland and political slavery
exactly what the € was devised for, whilst defending France and perhaps
persuading Germany to pay for the economically protectionist, anti-democratic,
utterly globally non-competitive paradigm again. Sarkozy sowed the seed and got
what he wanted even to the point of getting agreement that an €Z director was
the logical European choice. Next: Laggard insults and threatens RSA’s brilliant
Trevor Manuel out of directorship contest, then gets Mexico’s Carsten disbarred
through NAFTA links and David Lipton the first deputy because he’s American.
Laggard installed June 2011. Olivier Blanchard becomes chief economist as well
as his existing job of Head of Research and Statistics which gives him both
dataflow and data interpretation control throughout the IMF – no need for
anybody else. Laggard now able to impose her troika dominance over a blackened
EU duo. She picks AH Thomsen, already versed in Ireland, to lead in Greece. She
promises to furnish lots of BRIC money – much more than the ECB and EU and thus
gets voting control of the Greek troika. She fails to get most of the BRIC money
for Greece and has managed to divide a global rescue actor called the IMF into
BRICS and mates like OZ versus the rest with a USA in the inert middle. She must
go. In summary all three troikista have failed the Greeks and others. The ECB
and EU started it: the Laggard IMF has finished it in truly feudal robber baron
fashion.
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