## Metadata - Author: [[Alex Gladstein, Farida Nabourema, and Jeff Booth]] - Full Title: Hidden Repression - Category: #books ## Highlights - The outcome of World Bank and IMF policies on the Third World has been remarkably similar to what was experienced under traditional imperialism: Wage deflation, a loss of autonomy, and agricultural dependency. The big difference is that, in the new system, the sword and the gun have been replaced by weaponized debt. ([Location 378](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0C8L46X2G&location=378))