So let's see what qualifies Friend of the Preznit Bob Zoellick to run the World Bank, OK?- He made a big deal out of trying to break up a North Korean counterfeiting ring last June at the expense of disarmament talks (and I think that had more than a little bit to do with that country's launch of a test missile a month later; as I noted at the time, the whole "risk-reward" part of that didn't make any sense).
- Towing the Bushco line as slavishly as possible, he advocates high tariffs and completely restrictive intellectual property rules towards third world countries that make it very difficult for them to market their products and buy or develop their own drugs (noted here).
- He brought his free-trade mantra to Darfur, of all places, in November 2005 (and we can see how much it actually helped).
- And, as noted in the November 2005 post, Zoellick has a past connection to Enron (he was a paid consultant on their advisory board).
And, as kos notes here, what was required from the next head of the World Bank after Wolfie was someone "with a proven track record of leadership and experience of managing a large, international organization." But Zoellick is who we got.
Heckuva job, Dubya.
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