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The world is governed by institutions that are not democratic - the World Bank, the IMF, the WTO.
Americans are gathering the courage to just say no. We are saying no to addictive consumer lifestyles. We are saying no to wars and corporate takeover and the IMF loans that gobble up people and their resources.
Conservatives believe that international institutions such as the United Nations are anti-American and anti-Israeli cabals. Progressives do not like the economic medicine that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank force down the throats of developing countries.
The good thing about the IMF is there is no European politics involved.
I have full confidence in the IMF. It is a very strong international institution.
Japan is the largest creditor country in the world, so we have made contributions to the stability of international markets and we want this IMF meeting to confirm that we will continue to contribute.
There were times when there were riots in Africa, demonstrations against the IMF because of the policy advice they were giving, the conditionalities they were imposing, and the difficulties that arose out of the implementation of those conditionalities.
The runs started in Thailand after the IMF intervened in such a dramatic way. Then the IMF came to Indonesia.
The UK has a poor investment record. According to IMF data, we have come seventh out of the top seven industrialised countries since 1999.
By the way, the European Union Member States together - even the euro area Member States together - are by far the biggest contributors to the IMF.
