Monday, July 18, 2022

Mostly Economics

Mostly Economics


Managing Climate Change: A Strategy for India

Posted: 18 Jul 2022 01:49 AM PDT

Montek Ahluwalia and Utkarsh Patel in this new CSEP paper: The Glasgow Climate Summit (COP26) deserves credit for getting many developing countries to accept, for the first time ever, a long-term commitment to reduce the level of carbon emissions to net zero. This is a major break from their position in Paris 2015, where they […]

Is GDP Becoming Obsolete? The “Beyond GDP” Debate

Posted: 18 Jul 2022 01:28 AM PDT

Charles R. Hulten & Leonard I. Nakamura in this NBER paper: GDP is a closely watched indicator of the current health of the economy and an important tool of economic policy. It has been called one of the great inventions of the 20th Century. It is not, however, a persuasive indicator of individual wellbeing or […]

Women in Fintech: As Leaders and Users

Posted: 18 Jul 2022 01:23 AM PDT

Purva Khera, Sumiko Ogawa, Ratna Sahay and Mahima Vasishth in this IMF paper: While digital financial services have made access to finance easier, faster, and less costly, helping to broaden digital financial inclusion, its impact on gender gaps varies across countries. Moreover, women leaders in the fintech industry, although growing, remain scarce. This paper explores the interaction between […]

Podcast with Daniel Yergin: Energy’s New Map

Posted: 17 Jul 2022 10:18 PM PDT

Daniel Yergin wrote the highly interesting book The Prize: The Epic Quest For Oil, Money, and Power.  Yergin has come out with a recent book titled The New Map: Energy, Climate and the Clash of Nations. IMF does a podcast episode with Yergin discussing his view on energy and geopolitics: The energy crises of the […]

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