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Re: Burma (Myanmar) Cyclone and neo-liberal economics

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Originally Posted by MattLarson View Post
With extensive research, you might find two more biased sources, but it would take a great deal of effort....

Yes, some of the aid came in the form of loans from the IMF. That does not qualify as "exploitation", IMHO.

Exploitation is, as mentioned before, climbing atop a pile of unburied corpses to trumpet a political agenda.

Matt
Ah yes, another fine example of the blanket dismissal, a la Larson.
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