The IMF was never designed to become a nation’s permanent economic residence. “The IMF should be an emergency room, not a nation’s permanent family doctor. Breaking The Cycle Before It Breaks The NationThe greatest tragedy of repeated economic crises is not that they occur. They will not remember how passionately we defended our economic crises. For the IMF should remain what it was always intended to be: an emergency partner in extraordinary times — not a permanent destination on a nation’s economic journey.