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Boomerang. To many of 1965's successful candidates, the name of the game was consensus politics. Yet in several contests, Negroes lodged powerful protest votes by mobilizing as a monolithic bloc-which is the very opposite of consensus...
...soon as a consensus is reached the governments will move into a second stage of "broader consideration of the questions that affect the world economy as a whole." In this stage, the group said the deputies would work with the IMF 20-member executive board, giving a voice to the less-developed countries...
...final enactment of any new arrangements, the third stage, would occur at "an appropriate forum for international discussions" Once a consensus is reached in the first stage, the remaining two stages are expected to be mere formalities to satisfy the underdeveloped countries...
Bernstein's remarks on Wednesday indicated that the Group of Ten is rapidly moving toward a consensus in this first and crucial stage. France is expected to insist in general terms that any new system for reserve creation impose greater discipline on deficit countries like the U.S. and Britain...
...broad shift in expenditure from private consumption to investment will require further sacrifices from the entire country. The standard of living in Britain will fall in comparison to the U.S. and western Europe, and few voters will resist the temptation to blame Labour. Despite Wilsons appeal for "consent and consensus" and his support for housing subsidies and the Ombudsman, his popularity will decline...