The IMF is hardly the "finance industry". It deals exclusively with countries, and serves as the lender of last resort to nations denied by the private markets,

The IMF is hardly the "finance industry". It deals exclusively with countries, and serves as the lender of last resort to nations denied by the private markets, or who want better rates in exchange for structural adjustment. There are no 'students' at the IMF, and their 'colleagues' (e.g. the World Bank staff) similarly do not deal with the internal policies of first world nations. Simply put, this isn't a slippery slope to anywhere, its just a research paper.