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The '''World Bank''' is thought by many people to be the single most destructive institution on Earth (the [[WTO]], [[IMF]], [[BIS]], [[UN Security Council]], [[currency markets]], [[commodity markets]], [[television]] and [[Internet]] being competing [[bad thing]]s that many think are worse).
The '''World Bank''' is thought by many people to be the single most destructive institution on Earth (the [[WTO]], [[IMF]], [[BIS]], [[UN Security Council]], [[currency markets]], [[commodity markets]], [http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?CarCulture car culture], [[television]] and [[Internet]] being competing [[bad thing]]s that many think are worse).


It is the de facto [[public investment bank]] for the entire planet, just as the [[BIS]] and [[IMF]] operate as a sort of de facto [[central bank]], which between them set the policies (based on [[GDP]]) that do maximum damage to life while causing maximum circulation of money.
It is the de facto [[public investment bank]] for the entire planet, just as the [[BIS]] and [[IMF]] operate as a sort of de facto [[central bank]], which between them set the policies (based on [[GDP]]) that do maximum damage to life while causing maximum circulation of money.
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