Low Skills Low Wages: Eric Maskin on Inequality
While it was widely expected that globalization would reduce inequality, income disparities between skilled and unskilled workers has only increased in recent years. In this podcast we ask Nobel Laure...
16 Mars 201612min
Gender and Opportunity, with Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
On this International Woman’s Day, we speak with Nigerian economist Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. Best known for her two terms as Nigeria’s Finance Minister and for her work as a Managing Director at the W...
8 Mars 201610min
Migration and the Economics of Language
More than a million migrants have entered Europe this year according to the International Organization for Migration. In this podcast, we speak with Professor Barry Chiswick who says language acquisit...
29 Feb 201610min
Collateral Damage: Strong Dollar Hits Emerging Markets
While many economies around the world should benefit from a growing US economy, a strong US dollar is seldom good news for emerging markets. In this podcast, we talk to IMF Senior Economist Nicolas M...
19 Feb 20168min
Lesotho: Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff
The fabled mountain Kingdom of Lesotho achieved strong growth in recent years, but the IMF's latest economic review shows growth rates have dropped. In this podcast, IMF mission chief for Lesotho, Dav...
8 Feb 201610min
Ghana, the Bumpy Road to Recovery
Ghana is considered one of West Africa's most stable democracies, and until recently it was a model for economic growth. But since 2012, the economy has taken a turn for the worse, and Ghana is now ge...
20 Jan 20167min
WEO Update: Emerging market, Developing Economies Face Increased Challenges
The IMF released an update to its World Economic Outlook published in October 2015. The WEO Update, projects global growth to be slightly lower than last fall's forecast, at 3.4 percent this year, and...
19 Jan 20165min
The Insatiable Demand for Sand
As the world's metropolises expand to accommodate more people, the earth's supply of sand is being pushed to the limit. Deceptively abundant, the basic raw material for glass and concrete can't keep u...
7 Jan 20169min
