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Too much negativity can trigger our eco-anxiety,

leaving us paralyzed when we need to act.

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According to a CBI report, the transition to a greener economy is boosting UK growth,

with 71 billion pounds of jobs and investment being brought to the UK's industrial towns.

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Across the globe, lockdown economies are grinding to a halt.

As governments see their finances savaged by the pandemic,

many poor ones, also suffering from capital flight, are desperate for cash.

In the past few weeks, over 90 countries have approached the International Monetary Fund,

the world's crisis lender for emergency aid.

That's more than double the number that did so in the immediate aftermath of the financial crisis.

The fund is already passing out some loans,

but with a conservative estimate of $2.5 trillion needed to help

emerging markets whether the pandemic has the time come for something more radical.

You're listening to the economist asks,

I'm Anne McHellvoy, and this week we're asking,

can the IMF bail out the global economy?

My guest is the IMF's managing director, Kristalina Gjorgiver.

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