Beste Imf Podcasts (2025)

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Simon Johnson on Technology, Institutions and Prosperity 26:24

2d ago26:24

26:24

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 that Simon Johnson has sought to explain since the fall of communism and the basis for the research that won him the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. Johnson, a former IMF chief economist, now a pr…

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Elizabeth Johnson on Fixing Sao Paolo’s Housing Deficit 16:58

2M ago16:58

16:58

As urbanization continues to grow worldwide, affordable housing is a rare commodity in many cities. Sao Paolo, South America’s biggest city, has gained over 2 million new residents in the past decade alone. Elizabeth Johnson heads Brazil research at TS Lombard and has been studying Sao Paolo’s latest attempt at strengthening its housing strategy. …

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Deniz Igan on The Housing Affordability Crunch 22:09

2M ago22:09

22:09

While housing markets play a significant role in economies, new research shows houses across 40 countries are less affordable than at any time since the 2008 financial crisis. IMF economist Deniz Igan helped develop the Housing Affordability Index. In this podcast, she says the pandemic triggered an unusual sequence of events that housing markets a…

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Driving Change: Ipek Ilkkaracan on Why Investing in Care Pays Off 23:38

2M ago23:38

23:38

Driving Change: Women-Led Development Economics from the Ground Up The International Economic Association’s Women in Leadership in Economics Initiative (IEA-WE) connects women economists worldwide and helps showcase their important empirical research, especially in developing countries. IMF Podcasts has partnered with the IEA-WE to produce a specia…

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Driving Change: Rose Ngugi on how Indices are giving Kenya an Edge 22:28

2M ago22:28

22:28

Driving Change: Women-Led Development Economics from the Ground Up The International Economic Association’s Women in Leadership in Economics Initiative (IEA-WE) connects women economists worldwide and helps showcase their important empirical research, especially in developing countries. IMF Podcasts has partnered with the IEA-WE to produce a specia…

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Driving Change: Marcela Eslava on Latin America’s Social Security Woes 17:28

2M ago17:28

17:28

Driving Change: Women-Led Development Economics from the Ground Up The International Economic Association’s Women in Leadership in Economics Initiative (IEA-WE) connects women economists worldwide and helps showcase their important empirical research, especially in developing countries. IMF Podcasts has partnered with the IEA-WE to produce a specia…

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Reforms amid Great Expectations: Sub-Saharan Africa’s Outlook 21:45

3M ago21:45

21:45

With sub-Saharan Africa soon to have one of the largest working-age populations in the world, removing barriers to business growth and encouraging higher productivity industries will help provide the employment opportunities it needs. But reforms don’t come easy. Wenjie Chen and Andrew Tiffin are economists in the IMF’s Africa Department and produc…

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Global Financial Stability: Financial Markets Navigate Uncertainty 18:57

4M ago18:57

18:57

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 latest Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR) warns of several factors that could upend the recovery, including the apparent disconnect between market buoyancy and heightened uncertainty, especi…

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The Case for a Global Corporate Minimum Tax: Cory Hillier, Shafik Hebous 22:20

4M ago22:20

22:20

While 21st-century globalization and international trade dramatically changed how multinational corporations operate, the way they are taxed is largely based on early 20th-century thinking. Recent efforts by the OECD and the UN to modernize the international corporate tax system include a minimum corporate tax to make it more equitable. The IMF has…

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Yuval Noah Harari on Human Evolution and the AI Revolution 31:52

5M ago31:52

31:52

Stories can unify or divide but our ability to imagine them is uniquely human. Cooperation and trust, built through shared stories and narratives, are the foundation of human societies and economies. So what happens when humans no longer hold the pen? Yuval Noah Harari is a historian, philosopher, and author of several books on human evolution, inc…

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Egypt: Stability Lays Groundwork for Transformation 20:08

5M ago20:08

20:08

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 its largest-ever foreign investment. Egypt’s efforts to restore macroeconomic stability in recent years have led to an arrangement under the IMF’s Extended Fund Facility for Egypt, which makes availabl…

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Nicholas Bloom on why Remote Work is Good for Growth 16:29

6M ago16:29

16:29

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 aspects of doing business, but the daily commute is one routine that seems unlikely to return to what it was. Nicholas Bloom was studying the potential impact of remote work long before the pandemic launche…

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Women in Economics: Kate Raworth on Economics for the Living Planet 20:33

6M ago20:33

20:33

The world has changed since postwar economic thought placed GDP growth as its guiding principle. 20th-century progress has pushed planetary resources to the limit and brings the sustainability of traditional macroeconomic models into question. In this podcast, Kate Raworth talks with journalist Rhoda Metcalfe about her alternative model Doughnut Ec…

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Raghuram Rajan on Blazing a New Path to India’s Development 25:57

6M ago25:57

25:57

For many emerging market economies, moving from an export-oriented strategy with labor-intensive manufacturing to a more sophisticated production process was key to their development. But the world is quickly changing, and Raghuram Rajan says India need not follow that same path. In their new book, Breaking the Mold, the former Reserve Bank of Indi…

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Mark Aguiar: When Sovereign Debt Breaks its Promise 18:43

6M ago18:43

18:43

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 investment. But what happens when government borrowing fails to deliver, and the citizens are left paying the bill? Mark Aguiar says emerging market and developing economies are especially vulnerable…

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Michele Ruta on Trade Shifts 26:17

7M ago26:17

26:17

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. Trade is no exception. New technologies, the re-emergence of industrial policy, and rising geopolitical tensions are all putting added pressure on the international trading system. Michele Ruta is a trad…

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Lisa Kolovich: Gender Equality to address Shifting Demographics 16:43

7M ago16:43

16:43

Aging populations in many advanced and emerging market economies mean shrinking workforces, weighing on growth. However, the opposite is true in low-income countries where populations are growing, and the expanding workforce may lack the skills for the job market. How can these two scenarios offset each other? Lisa Kolovich says women hold the key.…

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Simon Johnson on Technology, Institutions and Prosperity 26:24

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Elizabeth Johnson on Fixing Sao Paolo’s Housing Deficit 16:58

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Deniz Igan on The Housing Affordability Crunch 22:09

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Driving Change: Ipek Ilkkaracan on Why Investing in Care Pays Off 23:38

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Driving Change: Rose Ngugi on how Indices are giving Kenya an Edge 22:28

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Driving Change: Marcela Eslava on Latin America’s Social Security Woes 17:28

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Reforms amid Great Expectations: Sub-Saharan Africa’s Outlook 21:45

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Global Financial Stability: Financial Markets Navigate Uncertainty 18:57

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The Case for a Global Corporate Minimum Tax: Cory Hillier, Shafik Hebous 22:20

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Yuval Noah Harari on Human Evolution and the AI Revolution 31:52

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Egypt: Stability Lays Groundwork for Transformation 20:08

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Nicholas Bloom on why Remote Work is Good for Growth 16:29

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Women in Economics: Kate Raworth on Economics for the Living Planet 20:33

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Raghuram Rajan on Blazing a New Path to India’s Development 25:57

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Mark Aguiar: When Sovereign Debt Breaks its Promise 18:43

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Michele Ruta on Trade Shifts 26:17

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Lisa Kolovich: Gender Equality to address Shifting Demographics 16:43

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