Christine Lagarde aims to take over for Strauss-Kahn
(NEWSER) - With Dominique Strauss-Kahn otherwise engaged , the IMF needs a new boss—and France’s finance minister is planning a world tour to prove she’s best for the job. Christine Lagarde will stop in China, India, and Brazil to offer her platform, which focuses on giving emerging countries more say at the fund. But she faces hurdles; some say a European shouldn’t take charge of a fund that’s trying to give emerging countries a bigger voice, particularly when Europe’s debt crisis is forcing worldwide damage control, the Wall Street Journal reports. More»
