"The elite use a very tight core of financial institutions and mega-corporations to dominate the planet. The goal is control. They want all of us enslaved to debt, they want all of our governments enslaved to debt, and they want all of our politicians addicted to the huge financial contributions that they funnel into their campaigns. Since the elite also own all of the big media companies, the mainstream media never lets us in on the secret that there is something fundamentally wrong with the way that our system works.", aldus Karen Hudes. Hudes werkte meerder dan twintig jaar voor de Wereldbank, 's werelds grootste instituut voor ontwikkelingssamenwerking. De bank kreeg eerder ook al kritiek verwerken, vooral vanuit de hoek van het Andersglobalisme. Die beschuldigen de Wereldbank van Neoliberalisme.