Corporate-Globalization

IMF Concludes Comprehensive Structural Adjustment in Southeast Asia

1999-01-25 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

IMF completes its systematic economic restructuring of Southeast Asian economies, fundamentally transforming corporate landscapes. The intervention results in unprecedented foreign corporate access, weakened local economic sovereignty, and a permanent shift in regional economic power dynamics.

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Bretton Woods Conference Establishes Dollar Hegemony Through IMF and World Bank

1944-07-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

Delegates from 44 allied nations convene at Bretton Woods, New Hampshire to design the postwar international monetary system. The conference establishes the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, fixing global currencies to the dollar and the dollar to gold at $35/ounce. This institutionalizes …

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