Re: Meeting Topic
Daniel C. Burton (dan@antispam.autobahn.org)
15 Feb 1998 20:53:02 GMT
Here is the text from the Cato Institute for the thing I wanted to play:
Why We Should Say No to the IMF (2/12/98)
Featuring Senator Lauch Faircloth (R-N.C.); Allan Meltzer, Carnegie
Mellon University; and Ian Vásquez, Cato Institute. The International
Monetary Fund is asking the United States for $18 billion even after the
IMF failed to warn about Asia’s financial crisis. But members of Congress,
academia, and the public increasingly question the fund’s ability to deal
with economic emergencies--and the necessity of its doing so. Senator
Faircloth will challenge the wisdom and fairness of bailing out governments
and investors in Asia. Professor Meltzer will discuss how the IMF helped
cause and intensify a crisis whose roots lie in misguided Asian policies.
He and Mr. Vásquez explain why market solutions are superior and less
costly than IMF solutions.
George J. Lee <gjlee@uclink4.berkeley.edu> wrote in article
> > Why don't we play the thing on the International Monetary Fund instead?
We
> > know we can do that in time, and it's also an issue of current
interest.
> > That will give us some time to organize the Iraq event.
> >
> > I could be event director for the IMF thing. I've got everything I
need to
> > get it on tape here, and a bunch of extra tape players lying around to
> > choose from.
>
> Okay, sounds great. Let's start designing posters.