Susan George | |
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![]() Susan George, in 2010 | |
Born | Akron, Ohio, U.S. | June 29, 1934
Education | Smith College (BA), Sorbonne (BA) University of Paris (PhD) |
Spouse | Charles-Henry George |
Susan George (born June 29, 1934) is an American and French political and social scientist, activist and writer on global social justice, Third World poverty, underdevelopment and debt. She is the president of the Transnational Institute, a think-tank located in Amsterdam.[1] She is a fierce critic of the present policies of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank (IBRD) and what she calls their 'maldevelopment model'. She similarly criticizes the structural reform policies of the Washington Consensus on Third World development. She is of U.S. birth but now resides in France, and has had dual citizenship since 1994.