Money and Power: Great Predators in the Political Economy of Development

S. Bracking

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Abstract

The book explores the role of governments and development finance institutions in managing the markets in which the poorest countries operate. These institutions - the 'Great Predators' - are trapping the populations of the south in a permanent cycle of austerity.Bracking examines the political economy relations between states. She shows how pseudo-public 'development' institutions retain complete economic control over Southern markets, yet the international system is itself unregulated. Operating in the interests of North America and the European Union, they have a political purpose, and yet serve to cloud the brute power relations between states.This book will be of interest to anyone studying debt and development, global financial institutions, and the way the world economy is regulated and governed.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationLondon, New York
PublisherPluto Press
Number of pages256
ISBN (Print)9780745320120
Publication statusPublished - 20 Apr 2009

Publication series

NameThe Third World in Global Politics Series
PublisherPluto Press

Keywords

  • money
  • development finance institutions
  • development finance
  • power
  • global economy
  • political economy of development

Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms

  • Global Development Institute

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