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The world of international finance and economics is astonishing. What would seem to be basic, and even obvious, principles often seem contradicted. One might have thought that money would flow from rich countries to the poor countries; but year after year, exactly the opposite occurs. One might have thought that the rich countries, being far more capable of bearing the risks of volatility in interest rates and exchange rates, would largely bear those risks when they lend money to the poor nations. Yet the poor are left to bear the burdens. Of course, no one expected that the world market economy would be fair; but at least we were taught that it was efficient. Yet these and other tendencies suggest that it is neither.

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This guy writes books saying how mistaken he was and how he's seen the light when he got rich off the very forces that he now condemns.

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$560 million in 1999, the most recent year for which there are records on the web

Soros Foundation

[ May 22, 2002: Message edited by: MJ ]