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Jeanne Shaheen: “I worry because we've allowed the IMF to become excessively dominated by the Europeans, who are largely in denial about…”

On the recordJuly 31, 2012
I worry because we've allowed the IMF to become excessively dominated by the Europeans, who are largely in denial about the scope of their own problems.
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire

Editor's note · Context

Shaheen expresses concern over European dominance in the IMF amid a crisis.

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