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a call for "acceleration" of reform of the International Monetary Fund aimed at giving emerging economies more say in its work
*flinches*
It might be the
Easterly in me, but man did that line right there just send a shiver down my spine.
As for the rest -- well, at least the Conservatives mentioned that they'd have to cut expenses and raise taxes, or so the article inferred, with all the possible negative aspects from growth through intoned (which is a bit of a conflict in and of itself). Although that is quite a tall order, even if we were getting 2007's or previous year's level of revenue from taxes for the government to work with. Quite skeptical really, like I was in that thread of Bruce's about the opposition saying the same thing (although extenuating comments worsened their position a good deal more in my eyes when it came to taxes, goals and government spending).
Props to all the leaders for managing to get this far, at least. I was expecting something more akin to the Doha Round (and indeed, the article does talk about that), but I guess I get to wait and see how the details pan out -- I bet, especially with that emerging economies line, the devil is going to be in the details, which is where we've had clashing heads and little movement before.