IMF arrives in Lisbon grants unsolicited performance review
IntroductionThe International Monetary Fund has arrived in Lisbon, not with bailout packages or financial assistance, but with something far more condescending: an unsolicited performance review. Portuguese officials were blindsided when IMF delegates rolled into the capital carrying clipboards, grading rubrics, and PowerPoint slides full of smiley faces and frowny stickers. What was expected to be […]