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Tag: Bretton Woods

Mourning a phantom: the cherished “rules-based order” never existed

US dominance has always rested on coercive power—Trump just puts less effort into hiding it

Helen Thompson

May 5, 2019

The global non-system

Paola Subacchi

February 20, 2014

Wolfensohn’s World Bank

What is the role of the World Bank, the world's biggest development agency, now that private capital flows freely to many poor countries? Michael Prest surveys the first year in office of president James Wolfensohn and his attempt to renew…

Michael Prest

August 20, 1996

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