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No, like forreal, has any country ever benefitted from a IMF loan? (Excluding the parasitical entities that created it) (hexbear.net)

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Depends on your definition of benefitted. If you're definition is just "GDP line goes up" and ignore everything else then I'm sure there's some "success stories"

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

yeah it's like you get currency to "stabilize the markets" and "restore faith in the economy" and maybe some infrastructure projects that benefit resource extraction but you have to make your water distribution system for-profit