[Celtic Party] "Briberization" (Step 1 of 4)

"You could see their eyes widen" at the prospect of 10% commissions paid to Swiss bank accounts for simply shaving a few billion off the sale price of national assets."   ==========================   "Briberization" (Step 1 of 4) by Connor Tue 28 Oct 2008 12:31:12 AM CDT   "Each nation's economy is individually analyzed, then, says Stiglitz, the Bank hands every minister the same exact four-step program."   "Step One is Privatization - which Stiglitz said could more accurately be called, 'Briberization. ' Rather than object to the sell-offs of state industries, he said national leaders - using the World Bank's demands to silence local critics - happily flogged their electricity and water companies"    "You could see their eyes widen at the prospect of 10% commissions paid to Swiss bank accounts for simply shaving a few billion off the sale price of national assets."   The above three pieces of text -- from an article by former Cambridge University lecturer Greg Palast dated October 10th 2001 -- have been copied from: http://www.gregpalast. com/the-globalizer- who-came- in-from-the- cold/?print= 1   ==========================   The above text has been copied from the following Indymedia (Ireland) location: http://www.indymedia. ie/article/89618# comment237905    ==========================