My East Bloc adventures vaccinated me for life against trust socialism. Here’s my spiel on my adventures behind the Iron Curtain – part of the Future of Freedom Foundation series on the Horrors of Socialism
Tag Archives | World Bank
New York Times: Abolish the World Bank (1989)
The New York Times, July 30, 1989, THE WORLD BANK; Fostering America’s Interests Abroad . . . But It Lends to Oppressive Regimes BYLINE: By JAMES BOVARD; James Bovard is an adjunct analyst for the Competitive Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C., and author of ”The Farm Fiasco.” Barber Conable, the former New York Congressman, took over […]
My 1990 Speech in Santiago, Chile Bashing the World Bank
In 1990, I gave a speech denouncing foreign aid & the World Bank at a Santiago, Chile conference. Sifting chaos today & saw a packet of photos maybe for the first time. The organizers offered to pay me extra if I promised not to punish the audience by trying to speak Spanish. Here’s links to […]
Dilbert vs. Leviathan: Scott Adams’s Greatest Hits
Scott Adams, the cartoonist who gave Dilbert to the world, passed away in January after a hard fight against cancer. His glorious BS radar deserves to be prominently displayed in the Smithsonian Institute. No one had a sharper ear than Adams for contemporary American bloviating.
N.Y. Post: The Joy of Dilbert
I will post a link to the online version of the text when it goes live at the New York Post webpage. I will also be making & posting a video with comments on some of my fav Dilbert strips. Here’s the piece: Opinion PostScript The joy of Dilbert: Scott Adams brightened our lives by […]
IMF and World Bank: Crony Covid Crackdown Enablers
IMF and World Bank: Crony Covid Crackdown Enablers By James Bovard April 30, 2025 Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent complained last week that the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund are suffering from “mission creep.” But Bessent announced that Trump will be “doubling down” on supporting the largest foreign aid gushers on earth. “Far […]
America Should Bolt From the World Bank and IMF
America Should Bolt From the World Bank and IMF by James Bovard, April 28, 2025 U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent complained on Wednesday that the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are suffering from “mission creep.” But Bessent announced that the Trump administration will be “doubling down” on supporting the largest foreign aid […]
R R Schoettker
Thanks Jim, I appreciate the link to the text.I pr
Jim
thanks for the prompt!
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