{"product_id":"the-world-bank-a-critical-history-9780745348285","title":"The World Bank: A Critical History","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Eric Toussaint\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Pluto Press (UK)\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Development - Economic Development\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Superior ... A broad-ranging guide that explains the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eglobal power structure over the last eight decades' \u003c\/b\u003eCarlos Marichal, El Colegio de México \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Covering the history of the Bank from its early days as a prop to European colonialism through the Rwandan genocide, the Washington Consensus and the Iraq war, Toussaint argues that the Bank is \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eincorrigible and should be abolished. Read and judge for yourselves' \u003c\/b\u003eJames K. Galbraith, author, \u003ci\u003eWelcome to the Poisoned Chalice: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Destruction of Greece and the Future of Europe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Invites fresh thinking on the need to streamline human rights \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003econsiderations into lending. Recommended reading' \u003c\/b\u003eAndrés Solimano, founder, International Center for Globalization and Development \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In 1944, the Bretton Woods Conference ushered in a new international economic order. The World Bank emerged as one of the most powerful financial institutions in the world, and a new colonial authority in all but name. But how does it operate, who funds it, and what agenda does it work to promote? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe World Bank: A Critical History\u003c\/i\u003e, Éric Toussaint answers all of these questions and more. Offering up a highly readable yet uniquely authoritative account, the book analyses the Bank from its beginnings to the present day. Chapters on gender, climate and the pandemic era provide the reader with a truly contemporary, definitive text. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Seven international case studies illustrate the impact of World Bank policy, and Toussaint also explores the political, economic and strategic motives of the US government with regard to the World Bank. The book concludes with a proposal for replacing the World Bank, IMF and WTO with new, multilateral and democratic institutions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eÉric Toussaint\u003c\/b\u003e is a historian and political scientist. He is spokesperson for the Committee for the Abolition of Illegitimate Debt, of which he is one of the founding members. He is the author or co-author of numerous books including \u003ci\u003eBankocracy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Life and Crimes of an Exemplary Man\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDebt, the IMF, and the World Bank: Sixty Questions, Sixty Answer\u003c\/i\u003es. His books have been translated into more than a dozen languages. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pluto Press (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45031436746903,"sku":"9780745348285","price":4589.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780745348285.webp?v=1769206741","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-world-bank-a-critical-history-9780745348285","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}