IMF Podcasts
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IMF Podcasts
Listen to the World's top economists discuss their research and deconstruct global economic trends.
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Where Startups Do Roam: Swati Bhatt
The US is a breeding ground for startups, and California has been the center of that universe since the dot-com boom in the late 1990s. But rising cos...

Chady El Khoury on the Virtual Reality of Financial Crime
While countries came together in the late 80s to fight money laundering and the financing of terrorism, technology and the advent of virtual currencie...

Danny Quah on Rethinking Multilateralism
Bringing nations together to maintain peace and security and raise living standards for all seemed a utopian idea in the early 20th century. Still, ge...

Grit and Luck: Gita Gopinath Reflects on her Career and Roles at the Fund
A lot has happened in the global economy since 2019, and few people know that better than Gita Gopinath. As the IMF Chief Economist and subsequently t...

Carl Benedikt Frey on AI and Growth
As tech innovation, particularly in the field of AI, is increasingly focused on a few key players, the industries benefiting from these tools have als...
Karen Dynan on Regaining Lost Ground in Policy Influence
There was a time when economic expertise ruled policy debates at virtually all levels of government. And while trade, taxation, and other important po...
Women in Economics: Stefanie Stantcheva on Thoughts that Matter
Public resistance to new policies often leaves policymakers scratching their heads. What seems a perfectly reasonable policy to a government is often...
Diaa Noureldin on Growth Prospects in an Aging World
Most advanced economies are witnessing their populations age and labor forces shrink, and the same trend is expected to hold for the largest emerging...
Recovery Interrupted: Sub-Saharan Africa’s Outlook
After four long years of numerous crises, sub-Saharan Africa’s hard-won recovery has been disrupted by yet another shock. The sudden shift in the glob...
Ulrike Malmendier on Making Germany Grow Again
While the German economy has been one of Europe’s strongest for decades, its performance in recent years has fallen short of expectations. Why is this...
Malaysia Bank Governor Abdul Rasheed Ghaffour on Navigating Uncertainty
Malaysia is one of Southeast Asia's strongest economies and has recently been lauded for its ability to keep inflation in check. But Malaysia is not i...
Argentina Bank Governor Santiago Bausili on Addressing Imbalances
After years of economic turmoil, Argentina’s central bank chief has doubled down on efforts to restore confidence in the Argentine peso and normalize...
Xavier Jaravel on Democratizing Innovation to Spur Growth
Never underestimate the value of a good idea. Ideas are the starting point for innovation; few things fuel economic growth more than innovation. Howev...
Amory Gethin Measures the Economic Value of Education
Economists have long surmised that people’s knowledge and skills contribute significantly to economic development, but to what degree can access to an...
Karthik Sastry on Animal Spirits and the Economy
While we like to think our financial decisions are based on logic, the truth is, they are largely driven by emotion. So when John Maynard Keynes looke...
Oren Cass on the Invisible Hand
Modern economics was built on ideas spelled out by Adam Smith in his 18th-century The Wealth of Nations. But while he used the term only once in that...
Driving Change: Rumana Huque on the Real Costs of Bangladesh’s Tobacco Dependency
Driving Change: Women-Led Development Economics from the Ground Up
The International Economic Association’s Women in Leadership in Economics Ini...
Sanjeev Gupta on Health Financing
The pandemic was a brutal reminder of how crucial public health systems are, yet health budgets in many countries are still underfunded. Developing ec...
Simon Johnson on Technology, Institutions and Prosperity
Countries with better institutions are more prosperous. A truism perhaps, but then why are they so hard to build and sustain? That is the question tha...
Elizabeth Johnson on Fixing Sao Paolo’s Housing Deficit
As urbanization continues to grow worldwide, affordable housing is a rare commodity in many cities. Sao Paolo, South America’s biggest city, has gain...
Deniz Igan on The Housing Affordability Crunch
While housing markets play a significant role in economies, new research shows houses across 40 countries are less affordable than at any time since t...
Driving Change: Marcela Eslava on Latin America’s Social Security Woes
Driving Change: Women-Led Development Economics from the Ground Up
The International Economic Association’s Women in Leadership in Economics Ini...
Driving Change: Rose Ngugi on how Indices are giving Kenya an Edge
Driving Change: Women-Led Development Economics from the Ground Up
The International Economic Association’s Women in Leadership in Economics Ini...
Driving Change: Ipek Ilkkaracan on Why Investing in Care Pays Off
Driving Change: Women-Led Development Economics from the Ground Up
The International Economic Association’s Women in Leadership in Economics Ini...
Reforms amid Great Expectations: Sub-Saharan Africa’s Outlook
With sub-Saharan Africa soon to have one of the largest working-age populations in the world, removing barriers to business growth and encouraging hig...
Global Financial Stability: Financial Markets Navigate Uncertainty
As inflation and interest rates continue to decline and the likelihood of a recession slowly fades, financial markets have seen big equity gains. But...
The Case for a Global Corporate Minimum Tax: Cory Hillier, Shafik Hebous
While 21st-century globalization and international trade dramatically changed how multinational corporations operate, the way they are taxed is largel...
Yuval Noah Harari on Human Evolution and the AI Revolution
Stories can unify or divide but our ability to imagine them is uniquely human. Cooperation and trust, built through shared stories and narratives, are...
Egypt: Stability Lays Groundwork for Transformation
With all the instability within the Middle East and North Africa region of late, Egypt has nonetheless managed to reign in soaring inflation and win i...
Nicholas Bloom on why Remote Work is Good for Growth
Working from home was not an option for most people before March 11, 2020, when work and home life suddenly collided. The pandemic upended many aspect...
Women in Economics: Kate Raworth on Economics for the Living Planet
The world has changed since postwar economic thought placed GDP growth as its guiding principle. 20th-century progress has pushed planetary resources...
Raghuram Rajan on Blazing a New Path to India’s Development
For many emerging market economies, moving from an export-oriented strategy with labor-intensive manufacturing to a more sophisticated production proc...
Mark Aguiar: When Sovereign Debt Breaks its Promise
For decades, governments have been tapping into global sovereign debt markets to smooth ups and downs in revenue with the hope that it would help spur...
Michele Ruta on Trade Shifts
The world is changing so quickly it’s hard to think of one aspect of our economic lives that hasn’t shifted from what it was only a few years ago. Tr...
Lisa Kolovich: Gender Equality to address Shifting Demographics
Aging populations in many advanced and emerging market economies mean shrinking workforces, weighing on growth. However, the opposite is true in low-i...
Nigeria Bank Governor Olayemi Cardoso: Regaining Stability and Trust
Nigeria’s new administration has set out on an ambitious reform path to stabilize its currency, regain market confidence, and tame inflation. In this...
Daniel Susskind on Growth: A History and a Reckoning
Economic growth is often seen as the core ingredient to social development, but it’s a relatively new idea. So what did pre-growth society look like a...
Catherine Mann: A Central Banker’s View on Capital Flows
Central banks worldwide share common practices in how they operate, but the UK’s central bank is unique in how it makes its rate decisions. Catherine...
James Boughton on The Messy Legacy of Harry Dexter White
It’s no mystery where the IMF was born but its origin story might surprise you. While the spotlight was on the charismatic British economist John Mayn...
Michael Olabisi: Thinking Globally to Pay Africa’s Climate Bill
While African countries have little to do with what’s causing the climate crisis, they are feeling the brunt of the extreme weather patterns and left...