Will the IMF be looking for a new chief?
Stunning many observers, Segolene Royal has announced that she will be seeking the French presidency again in 2012. And that prompted Nouriel Roubini to tweet: "With Royal running [Dominique Strauss-Kahn] gotta leave soon the IMF if he wants to run for French Prez. Polls show him as best Socialist candidate to beat Sarko." Roubini also ...
Stunning many observers, Segolene Royal has announced that she will be seeking the French presidency again in 2012. And that prompted Nouriel Roubini to tweet: "With Royal running [Dominique Strauss-Kahn] gotta leave soon the IMF if he wants to run for French Prez. Polls show him as best Socialist candidate to beat Sarko."
Stunning many observers, Segolene Royal has announced that she will be seeking the French presidency again in 2012. And that prompted Nouriel Roubini to tweet: "With Royal running [Dominique Strauss-Kahn] gotta leave soon the IMF if he wants to run for French Prez. Polls show him as best Socialist candidate to beat Sarko."
Roubini also thinks that there’s a good chance for a non-European managing director next time around. As I understand the European position, they won’t go for that until the Americans loosen their grip on the World Bank. It’s been an exciting few months at the IMF, and it may get even more so.
David Bosco is a professor at Indiana University’s Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies. He is the author of The Poseidon Project: The Struggle to Govern the World’s Oceans. Twitter: @multilateralist
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