"For the sake of the Irish people, it's time to go to the IMF. If you go in now and if you go in with your partners, you will get a good deal. You may not get such a good deal next week. It would have been a much better deal if they'd gone in February because Ireland wouldn't have had to go through all this discretionary tightening along the route."
Simon Johnson Warns Ireland: Seek IMF Bailout Or Risk Bankruptcy
Simon Johnson Warns Ireland: Seek IMF Bailout Or Risk Bankruptcy