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IMF Scandal: The Three Wives of Dominique Strauss-Kahn
When the news broke that Dominique Strauss-Kahn, 62, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), had been arrested for sexual assault and...
When the Powerful Abuse the Powerless
Everywhere you look, there are betrayals of trust. Dominique Strauss-Kahn betrayed the nations that make up the International Monetary Fund with his behavior...
Investigating a Sex Crime: What the IMF's Strauss-Kahn Can Expect
The case of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, has shocked both sides of the Atlantic and much of the world. The...
In the Hole.
Government debt levels have spiked since the global financial crisis. But not all debt is created equal. Eighty percent of the debt of Portugal, recently bailed...
Sarkozy vs. Strauss-Kahn: Sex as a Weapon?
Nicolas Sarkozy and Dominique Stauss-Kahn were never friends -- one conservative, the other Socialist, their political ambitions setting them on a collision...
Cherchez Les Femmes
The resentment--indeed, the rage--was a long time in coming. Yet no one in France was quite prepared for the wave of female anger that crested and broke in the...
Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s Long Shadow in Washington
It’s some 250 miles from 2613 Dumbarton Street in a quiet corner of Georgetown to the cell blocks at Riker’s Island in New York City, but the psychic distance is...
Cue the Conspiracy Theories: The Strauss-Kahn Reaction and French Democracy
This post is in partnership with Worldcrunch, a new global news site that translates stories of note in foreign languages into English. The article below was...
Already Hurting, Portugal Must Cut Deeper for a Bailout
For Portugal, the news just gets worse and worse. Markets had been circling the debt-ridden, growth-resistant country since last summer, pushing up borrowing...
Good Start
For a taste of how Thailand is coping during these recessionary times, step inside the IMF Kitchen. Dechatorn Henchaichone, an idle construction contractor (no...
Portugal Avoids a Bailout — but for How Long?
After a lull over the Christmas and New Year period, the euro zone is back to where it was for much of 2010: buffeted by markets and staggering from one crisis...
Carlos Andrés Pérez
Before the recent rise of the Latin left, South American countries were led by men like Carlos Andrés Pérez, who equated good governance with the country's...
As Ireland Flounders, the E.U. Moves Toward a Bailout
Irish Finance Minister Brian Lenihan has been wearily repeating himself over the past few days, but no one in Brussels really believes him. Despite his...
Irish Austerity: Can the Gov't Last the Course?
A cold sleet falls upon Donegal, in the northwest of Ireland, as people prepare for a byelection that many see as a predictor for how the rest of the nation will...
The Blame-China Game.
With economic activity in the U.S. flatlining and the creditworthiness of European nations still at issue, you'd expect that the annual meeting of the...
Greece's Painful Road to Economic Recovery
This story has been updated. It's hard to be an optimist in Greece these days, but Prime Minister George Papandreou is trying. In a major speech on Saturday in...
The Euro Hero: Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Discussions on Chinese economic relations are hardly a magnet for paparazzi — unless, of course, they include a star speaker. So when France's Finance Ministry...
Greece's Rescue Package: Will the Bailout Work?
When Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou succumbed to the inevitable last week, calling on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the euro zone to activate...
Germany Comes to Greece's Rescue — but Is It Too Late?
After weeks of deliberations and tough talking over the Greek debt crisis, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is putting her foot firmly on the gas pedal. "It's...
Risk Inverse.
The unfolding drama of the Greek economy has roiled markets and awakened fears of global economic calamity that had been dormant for more than a year. The $1...
