Lynne's Parliament and Haringey diary

The world bank is a political organisation serving a political purpose. As such, merit is less important than their opinions and intentions. (Or put another way, whose definition of 'merit' do you use?) It's also owned and funded mostly by the US, which is why they like to have some say over how their money is spent, and as for Zoellick being a Bush appointee, I like him already!

If you appointed someone else competent, they'd last as long as Wolfowitz. They'd be pushed out, same as he was, by those whose corrupt interests were threatened.

However, I quite like the idea of selecting our rulers and overseers by merit - in my world you would have to pass an exam (say, about A-level standard) before you could stand for Parliament - law, economics, statistics, history, ... ethics. What do you think? :)
 

Should Robert Zoellick head up the World Bank?

No!
 

When I saw this news, I knew he looked familiar. I think his family history centers around banks tell me it isn’t uncanny…
http://www.slamboard.com/2007/05/30/the-position-as-been-filled/