IMF Pushes World’s Poorest Countries into “Starvation Diet” as Debt Burdens Spiralpeoplesdispatch.orgexternal-link §ɦṛɛɗɗịɛ ßịⱺ𝔩ⱺɠịᵴŧ ( @shreddy_scientist@lemmy.ml ) World News@lemmy.ml • 1 year ago message-square8fedilinkarrow-up151
arrow-up151external-linkIMF Pushes World’s Poorest Countries into “Starvation Diet” as Debt Burdens Spiralpeoplesdispatch.org §ɦṛɛɗɗịɛ ßịⱺ𝔩ⱺɠịᵴŧ ( @shreddy_scientist@lemmy.ml ) World News@lemmy.ml • 1 year ago message-square8fedilink
minus-square zerfuffle ( @zerfuffle@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilink9•1 year agoAusterity measures don’t work.
minus-square interolivary ( @interolivary@beehaw.org ) linkfedilink7•1 year agoOh they work, but not the way the public is told they work. Conservatives use austerity measures to get more support for the right wing, especially extremist parties. They know that increasing inequality drives people to vote for the right.
minus-square zerfuffle ( @zerfuffle@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilink2•1 year agoWhy would conservatives care about the right in poor African countries?
minus-square neptune ( @neptune@dmv.social ) linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoThey force sell offs to western investors.
Austerity measures don’t work.
Oh they work, but not the way the public is told they work.
Conservatives use austerity measures to get more support for the right wing, especially extremist parties. They know that increasing inequality drives people to vote for the right.
Why would conservatives care about the right in poor African countries?
They force sell offs to western investors.