Figuring Out · FO585

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.

1. 03:51Where Does Money Come From & How Do Central Banks Control It?
2. 12:28Why Governments Borrow & Is America’s $38 Trillion Debt a Problem?
3. 18:09The Dollar’s Global Power, China’s Yuan & the Future of World Trade
4. 28:42The US Economy, a New World Order & India’s Biggest Opportunity
5. 37:25Why Corruption Is So Hard to Fix & What Countries Can Do About It
6. 41:22The Global Economy’s Great Gamble: AI Boom vs. Geopolitical Risk
7. 50:54Why Globalization Is Retreating & Are Tariffs Making It Worse?
8. 55:31Could Geopolitical Shocks & AI Trigger the Next Financial Crisis?
9. 1:03:41The IMF, Global Debt & the Risk of the Next Economic Crisis
10. 1:22:43Five-Year Predictions: AI, Geopolitics & the Future of the World
11. 1:32:34Human Connection & the Future of Global Trust
12. 1:36:33One Piece of Advice No One Should Follow
13. 1:37:24The Personal Cost of Becoming Gita Gopinath