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Make the world’s money go ‘round: a bunged-up IMF

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The Economist

News, News & Politics

4.35K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

The International Monetary Fund is sitting on oodles of cash, but failing to disburse it. We examine why China’s lending practices are putting the IMF on a path to irrelevance. Climate change is already squeezing farmers in Latin America; some outright crazy agricultural policies are making matters worse. And reasons not to ban a well-known workplace species: the “talented jerk”.


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Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist.

1:09.4

I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

1:11.9

Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

1:20.8

As climate change starts to bite in Latin America, some farmers will be forced to change the

1:25.7

crops they grow, or how they grow them.

1:28.3

Some will give up and head north.

1:30.3

We look at the risks ahead and the policies that would help to navigate them.

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And you've probably worked with one.

1:38.3

They get the job done, but they're just not pleasant people.

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