In a soft voice which bears the traces of his native Hungary, he argues that it is time to rewrite the so-called Washington consensus--the cocktail of liberalisation, privatisation and fiscal rectitude which the IMF has been preaching for 15 years.

• 带着匈牙利母语口音，他轻声地说，现在是修改所谓的"华盛顿共识"的时侯了，他指的是国际货币基金组织15年来宣扬的自由化、私有化和财政透明的综合体制。