The International Monetary Fund is irrelevant to this crisis, the group of seven leading industrial countries lacks legitimacy in a world where China, Brazil and others are big players, and the bank for international settlement has no operational role. 国际货币基金组织(imf)与这场危机无关;在中国和巴西等其它国家作为主要参与者的世界里,七国集团(g7)缺乏合法性;国际清算银行(bis)没有运作职能。