IMF Podcasts: The Year in Review
IMF Blog, December 21, 2021
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Bibliographic details
- Authors: women, is not captured in GDP.
- Published: December 21, 2021
Overview
- Publication date: December 21, 2021
- Editor’s pick of 10 podcasts from the past year, presented "in no particular order"
- Central themes highlighted: the ongoing pandemic, climate change, gender equality, inflation, and economic measurement
- Framing statement: "The past year has brought us new challenges even as the old ones persist. If anything, the ongoing pandemic has taught us to think differently about tackling the challenges and questions we currently face when it comes to big issues like climate change, gender equality, inflation and economic measurement."
Highlighted episodes (editor’s pick of 10)
- Jayati Ghosh on Unpaid Care Work: Discusses how our whole notion of productivity is skewed because unpaid care work of children, elderly and other populations, primarily by women, is not captured in GDP.
- Miles Kimball on Measuring National Well-Being: Describes work in developing the principles for a national well-being index; note that "The podcast is also subject of a recent article in Finance & Development."
- Divya Kirti on the Economics of Climate Change: Talks about how private-sector efforts such as sustainable investing and market forces could help make meaningful progress in addressing climate change.
- Gita Gopinath and Raghuram Rajan Talk Inflation: IMF Chief Economist Gita Gopinath discusses inflation and related issues with Raghuram Rajan.
- Ruchir Agarwal with a Proposal to End the Pandemic: Presents a plan, developed with IMF Chief Economist Gita Gopinath, aimed at achieving global vaccination sufficient to end the economic crisis.
- James Stock on Making it Cheaper to be Green: Argues policymakers will need a nuanced approach to carbon taxes and that as green energy costs drop, emphasis should shift from economy-wide carbon pricing to sectoral policies.
- Rana Foroohar on the Economic and Social Force of Big Tech: Discusses what the exponential growth of Big Tech firms might mean for the global economy.
- Janet Yellen on Womenomics: US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva discuss the advancement of women in the field of economics in celebration of International Women’s Day.
- Nikita Aggarwal on the New Morality of Debt: Argues that increasingly online lives provide valuable data for lenders and add new dimensions to debt’s morality; reference to her article in the March 2021 issue of Finance & Development.
- IMF Podcasts · Top 10 IMF Podcasts for 2021 (collection notation included in the original page)
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IMF Podcasts: The Year in Review — December 21, 2021
References
- Jayati Ghosh on Unpaid Care Work
- Miles Kimball on Measuring National Well-Being
- recent article
- Divya Kirti on the Economics of Climate Change
- Gita Gopinath and Raghuram Rajan Talk Inflation
- Ruchir Agarwal with a Proposal to End the Pandemic
- James Stock on Making it Cheaper to be Green
- recent article
- Rana Foroohar on the Economic and Social Force of Big Tech
- Janet Yellen on Womenomics
- Nikita Aggarwal on the New Morality of Debt
- Read her article