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GZERO celebrates International Women's Day

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GZERO celebrates International Women's Day

On International Women's Day, we’re proud to showcase just a few of the exceptional women we’ve interviewed on “GZERO World with Ian Bremmer,” our weekly program on US public television. The accomplishments of these remarkable women have made them role models globally.

Trouble at the IMF

Trouble at the IMF

Ian Bremmer shares his Quick Take analysis on the scandal surrounding the IMF and its Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva, former number two at the World Bank - the origin of the crisis. The World Bank's annual "Doing Business" report is used by investors to assess competitiveness of different governments around the world. And as one might imagine, there's a lot of jockeying and lobbying behind the scenes by these governments to try to show that they're doing a great job and that their rankings should be high. Enter China, in an enormously politicized environment.

Will Brexit make Europe stronger? European Central Bank's Christine Lagarde explains

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Will Brexit make Europe stronger? European Central Bank's Christine Lagarde explains

If Brexit has shown the world anything, it is that deep-seated political dysfunction is by no means confined to the United States. But as Europe comes together to avert an economic catastrophe caused by COVID-19, will Brexit throw the entire continent back into chaos? European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde tells Ian Bremmer in a new GZERO World interview that she doesn't "see any trace" of that happening.

Unity against COVID: Economic relief & success of the EU’s pandemic response (so far)

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Unity against COVID: Economic relief & success of the EU’s pandemic response (so far)

How was it that after decades of infighting, European nations were able to come together so quickly on an economic pandemic relief package? "I'm tempted to say because of COVID-19…because the triggering factor for the crisis was not the banks…not the bad behavior of some policy-makers somewhere in the region. It was actually this teeny tiny little virus..." European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde tells Ian Bremmer how a microscopic virus spurred the greatest show of international unity in years.

Podcast: Christine Lagarde is leading Europe’s united economic pandemic response

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Podcast: Christine Lagarde is leading Europe’s united economic pandemic response

Listen: The coronavirus pandemic threatened to bring Europe's economy to its knees. Then something remarkable happened: 27 member states came together. On the latest episode of the GZERO World with Ian Bremmer podcast is the woman at the heart of that response, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde. She'll explain how European nations were able to overcome political divisions and act quickly to prevent an all-out economic catastrophe on the continent.