Romain Duval on Rising Market Power
Corporate market power has been on the rise in recent decades, but a new IMF study shows the pandemic has strengthened price markups for dominant firms and increased the concentration of revenues amon...
18 Mar 202120min
Janet Yellen and Kristalina Georgieva talk Womenomics
IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen celebrate International Women's day with a conversation about the advancement of women in the field of economics. Tr...
8 Mar 202136min
Ruchir Agarwal on the Benefits of Nurturing Talent
There are talented people everywhere, with ideas that could make the world a better place to live in. But what does it take for a promising young innovator to reach their full potential? In this podca...
1 Mar 202116min
Where you Live = How You Live: Inequality of Opportunity in India
Economists have long studied economic migration between rich and poor countries, but India's large population and significant divergence in per capita incomes between its rich and poor states make it ...
26 Feb 202123min
Kristalina Georgieva: Resilience in a New Shock-Prone World
The pandemic has proven in no uncertain terms that people and institutions need to adapt to change. IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva was invited by the Albright Institute of Global Affairs a...
19 Feb 202118min
Dr Alice Evans: Feminist Activism to Close the Gender Gap
Global disparities between women and men have narrowed over the twentieth century but despite the strong evidence of the benefits of closing the gender gap, progress has been slow in many parts of the...
11 Feb 202118min
Roxana Mihet on Financial Innovation and Rising Inequality
With the great strides in financial technology in recent years, the lower data processing costs and fees associated with investing in the stock market should have led to broader increases of household...
4 Feb 202114min
Equitable Vaccine Rollout, Policy Support Key to Financial Stability
Many things can happen within the global financial system to disrupt financial stability, and the pandemic is testing most of them. Fabio Natalucci heads the IMF's Global Financial Stability Report, w...
26 Jan 202112min
