Johannes Klocke: In principal, the G20 process is right. Yet, the emphases of the G20 agenda remain questionable and problematic. It is becoming more and more likely, that even the deepest crisis since the Great Depression will not suffice to initiate fundamental reforms of the financial system.
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International Monetary Fund resources are limited and might not handle all those requests from new, strategically located democracies like Pakistan, Ukraine and Hungary if things get too severe; however, the US, Japan and Europe should still borrow from the IMF when needed in order to ensure global stability without borrowing from Gulf Arab states, Russia or China, which would attach political
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