> Austerity to destroy public services is good? Reining in profiligate government spending is good. If the countries were actually being run sustainably, they

> Austerity to destroy public services is good? Reining in profiligate government spending is good. If the countries were actually being run sustainably, they wouldn't have needed bailouts in the first place. > Deregulation to reduce worker and consumer rights is good? Can you please point me to where and how this happened? > Privatisation to destroy publicly owned production is good? Publicly run enterprises in my country were and still are hopelessly ineffective. They continue to leech taxpayer money that could have otherwise gone towards healthcare, education and infrastructure spending. If it wasn't for private sector enterprise, many goods and services would simply remain unable to the ordinary public. > Almost every country the IMF has imposed its terms on has higher levels of poverty than before. Definitely not in my country. Poverty rates have been cut in half since the reforms.