# Why does anyone er well country deal with the IMF?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 20, 2012, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-anyone-er-well-country-deal-with-the-imf/635317 "2012-09-20T21:20:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-anyone-er-well-country-deal-with-the-imf/635317/1 "2012-09-20T21:20:06Z")

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All I ever hear are allegations of fraud, IMF requirements ruining what used to be a pretty robust economy, international cloak and dagger schemes and dirty pool.

Why does anyone even deal with them? Seems everyone gets scammed and ends up far worse off than they started at, crazy!