What lies behind the IMF’s spat with the euro-zone?

The public disagreement between the IMF and euro-zone reveals underlying tensions over whether core euro-zone governments will accept haircuts on their share of Greece’s public debt and concern among the IMF’s non-European shareholders that it is pumping too much money into a lost cause.

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