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Figuring Out · FO585
FO585Money · 2026-11-07 · · Shot in Boston
Gita Gopinath
How Money Is Created: Central Banks, Money Printing & Inflation
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In today’s episode, we sit down with Gita Gopinath, Former IMF First Deputy Managing Director, Harvard Professor & Founding Director of the Global Economics Lab, who, free of the IMF’s diplomatic constraints, now says exactly what she thinks.
Published2026-11-07
Shot inBoston, United States
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00:00Intro↗03:51Where Does Money Come From & How Do Central Banks Control It?↗12:28Why Governments Borrow & Is America’s $38 Trillion Debt a Problem?↗18:09The Dollar’s Global Power, China’s Yuan & the Future of World Trade↗28:42The US Economy, a New World Order & India’s Biggest Opportunity↗37:25Why Corruption Is So Hard to Fix & What Countries Can Do About It↗41:22The Global Economy’s Great Gamble: AI Boom vs. Geopolitical Risk↗50:54Why Globalization Is Retreating & Are Tariffs Making It Worse?↗55:31Could Geopolitical Shocks & AI Trigger the Next Financial Crisis?↗1:03:41The IMF, Global Debt & the Risk of the Next Economic Crisis↗1:22:43Five-Year Predictions: AI, Geopolitics & the Future of the World↗1:32:34Human Connection & the Future of Global Trust↗1:36:33One Piece of Advice No One Should Follow↗1:37:24The Personal Cost of Becoming Gita Gopinath↗1:40:40Outro↗
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Figuring Out · FO585Gita Gopinath
How Money Is Created: Central Banks, Money Printing & Inflation
In this episode
In today’s episode, we sit down with Gita Gopinath, Former IMF First Deputy Managing Director, Harvard Professor & Founding Director of the Global Economics Lab, who, free of the IMF’s diplomatic constraints, now says exactly what she thinks.
Chapters
- 03:51Where Does Money Come From & How Do Central Banks Control It?
- 12:28Why Governments Borrow & Is America’s $38 Trillion Debt a Problem?
- 18:09The Dollar’s Global Power, China’s Yuan & the Future of World Trade
- 28:42The US Economy, a New World Order & India’s Biggest Opportunity
- 37:25Why Corruption Is So Hard to Fix & What Countries Can Do About It
- 41:22The Global Economy’s Great Gamble: AI Boom vs. Geopolitical Risk
- 50:54Why Globalization Is Retreating & Are Tariffs Making It Worse?
- 55:31Could Geopolitical Shocks & AI Trigger the Next Financial Crisis?
- 1:03:41The IMF, Global Debt & the Risk of the Next Economic Crisis
- 1:22:43Five-Year Predictions: AI, Geopolitics & the Future of the World
- 1:32:34Human Connection & the Future of Global Trust
- 1:36:33One Piece of Advice No One Should Follow
- 1:37:24The Personal Cost of Becoming Gita Gopinath
RAJ SHAMANI
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