IMF Warns of Revolution if Another Round of Bailouts Is Handed Out


Washington's Blog
November 23, 2009


Many officials and experts have warned of violence stemming from the economic crash.

The head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, is now warning that there might be a revolution if some countries if governments hand out another round of bailouts to the financial sector:
The public will not bail out the financial services sector for a second time if another global crisis blows up in four or five years time, the managing-director of the International Monetary Fund warned this morning.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn told the CBI annual conference of business leaders that another huge call on public finances by the financial services sector would not be tolerated by the “man in the streetâ€