The World According to Adam Smith
Despite his reputation as the father of greedy capitalism, Adam Smith did a great deal of thinking about the human condition and how to be a better, more generous person. One economist believes that S...
8 Joulu 20148min
Hip-Hop Economics
Economic ideas can be a hard pill to swallow for non-academics, and yet virtually everyone can benefit from understanding them. Economist Russ Roberts discusses how he uses stories, rap music and the ...
26 Marras 20148min
Data Drives Better Decisions
Data has gained prominence as a vital building block for making sound policy. IMF Director of Statistics, Louis Marc Ducharme talks about how the IMF is helping make data more widely available to poli...
19 Marras 20146min
Income Inequality can lead to Economic Instability
When the richest 85 people hold the combined wealth of 3.5 Billion poor people, economist Jose Antonio Ocampo explains that Income inequality can shift from a human rights issue to a marker of potenti...
10 Marras 20148min
Stop Squeezing Workers, and Step Up Investment, says ILO
Labor market flexibility is considered by many to be essential to an efficient market economy. But a top-level official of the ILO says there's been an excessive focus on worker flexibility. Off the...
6 Marras 20146min
Uganda-Capacity Building for Growth
As Uganda's economy continues to grow, so does the need for more efficient ways of managing large development projects. The country's finance minister says the objectives of each program must be clear...
29 Loka 20146min
Arvind Subramanian, on Boosting India's Private Sector
Private investment is down in India, partly due to the lack of coal and electricity. India's new chief economic adviser Arvind Subramanian says removing those bottlenecks is key to increasing growth.
23 Loka 20145min
Unlocking Economic Growth in the Caribbean
Caribbean economies have been slow to recover from the global financial crisis. This week, the IMF and the government of Jamaica will host a high level forum that will discuss ways of boosting the eco...
20 Loka 20146min
