Plucky Little Belgium Clubs Itself in the Foot
by Marcus Noland | December 23rd, 2009 | 04:30 pmRecently the executive director from Belgium presented the International Monetary Fund’s managing director with a CD of music by 17th century French courtier Jean-Baptiste Lully, best known today for dying from a gangrenous infection after clubbing his own foot with a conducting staff. The Belgian constituency is threatened with consolidation as part of reforms aimed [...]