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This article from the FT is WELL WORTH A READ. Check it out!

Boost for George Osborne as IMF backs ‘Plan A’ – FT.com.

Read the article carefully and you might come to the conclusion the same as I do that the IMF board has been nobbled by George Osborne and his austerist cronies.

It looks like IMF Chief Economist, Olivier Blanchard, who has Keynesian leanings, has been effectively gagged.

Any thoughts?

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