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23 May 2012updated 17 Jan 2024 5:54am

Opinionomics | 23 May 2012

Must-read comment and analysis. OMG, WTF IMF?

By Alex Hern

1. Monetary and fiscal stimulus are not the same thing (ToUChstone)

“The IMF is advocating a monetary stimulus first, followed by (if that doesn’t do the trick) a fiscal stimulus”, writes Duncan Weldon. “At least it has implicitly recognised that monetary and fiscal stimulus are not the same thing.”

2. The IMF’s economic statement: reading between the lines (Market Square)

The IMF argues for fiscal action now… but Lagarde pulls her punches, argues Ian Mulheirn

3. You say princelings, I say elite corps of investment bankers (Reuters)

Ben Walsh compares and contrasts China’s elite with America’s.

4. British energy policy is a dark underworld of fanatics (Guardian)

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The government’s decision to direct resources to nuclear and wind is typical of an institution befuddled and beset by lobbyists, writes Simon Jenkins

5. Has Krugman been reading a different report on the UK economy? (Telegraph)

Jeremy Warner doesn’t agree that the IMF was critical of the Government’s plan at all.

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