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Ian Explains: Why is global debt so high?
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Ian Explains: Why is global debt so high?

As of 2023, global debt as ballooned to an eye-watering $300 trillion. That’s an average of $37,500 for every person on the planet. Why is global debt so high? Decades of low interest rates and cheap good made money easy to borrow. Then, along came a pandemic which stalled growth and a war in Ukraine that drove food and energy prices through the roof.

Debt limits of rich countries hurt poor countries' growth, says World Bank's Malpass
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Debt limits of rich countries hurt poor countries' growth, says World Bank's Malpass

Does the global financial system need a major overhaul? In his final interview on GZERO World as president of the World Bank Group, David Malpass discusses a serious problem with host Ian Bremmer: the consolidation of economic and political power in the hands of the wealthiest countries.

Want to help poor countries now? Open your markets to their farmers, World Bank chief tells wealthy nations
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Want to help poor countries now? Open your markets to their farmers, World Bank chief tells wealthy nations

Many developing countries now face high inflation, especially rising food prices. What can they do to alleviate some of that pain? Wealthy nations should step in by opening their markets to farmers from poor nations, World Bank President David Malpass says during a Global Stage livestream conversation hosted by GZERO Media in partnership with Microsoft.

Making sense of our new global economy
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Making sense of our new global economy

If billionaires shooting off into space because their net worth has jumped 60 percent sounds cringeworthy to you, you're not alone. Indeed, the pandemic hasn't been kind to the 120 million people into extreme poverty. Nor to the global economy as a whole, which stands to lose $2.3 trillion by 2025 due to vaccine inequality.

Scientist Jennifer Doudna on making CRISPR technology viable — and affordable — for everyone
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Scientist Jennifer Doudna on making CRISPR technology viable — and affordable — for everyone

While global cooperation on public health issues like access to COVID vaccines continues to sputter, a group of scientists from around the world are quietly working on making CRISPR gene-editing technology within reach for rich and poor nations alike. "We're going to want to work as quickly as possible to scale it to a point where that also helps bring down the cost," says Jennifer Doudna, who won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her work on CRISPR. Watch her interview with Ian Bremmer on GZERO World.

Rethinking the post-pandemic workplace
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Rethinking the post-pandemic workplace

With much of the "rich" world opening up, will it be business as usual? A recent survey of 30,000 Americans found that three in ten never want to return to the office again, yet some CEO's feel differently. If employers are going to require that their workers return to the office, what should those workers expect in return?

“Essential workers” and the inequality of work
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“Essential workers” and the inequality of work

Organizational psychologist Adam Grant says the US needs to rethink its policy on essential work. Where was the hazard pay for our frontline workers—the people we truly rely on to keep life running—during the pandemic?

2.6 billion people: “WTF is WFH?”
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2.6 billion people: “WTF is WFH?”

In the US and Europe these days, there's a growing debate about when to "go back to the office". But for more than two billion people around the world, that question isn't relevant to their work or life. Who are they and why should we be paying attention?

Do the global poor have a champion in the World Bank?
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Do the global poor have a champion in the World Bank?

For the first time in twenty years, extreme poverty around the world is growing. How does the developing world recover from a pandemic that has brought even the richest nations to their knees? David Malpass, the President of the World Bank, joins Ian Bremmer on GZERO World to talk about how his organization is trying to help the developing world in the wake of a once-in-a-century pandemic.