Christine Lagarde

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Christine Lagarde, former Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, is President of the European Central Bank. She previously served as France’s finance minister from 2007-2011.

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It’s Time to Let Women Thrive
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It’s Time to Let Women Thrive

Jan 24, 2018 Erna Solberg & Christine Lagarde emphasize that maximizing female participation in the workforce is an economic as well as a moral imperative.

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The Challenge of Economic Inclusion
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The Challenge of Economic Inclusion

Jan 11, 2017 Christine Lagarde proposes steps to address the main challenges policymakers will confront in 2017.

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The Transitions of 2016
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The Transitions of 2016

Jan 5, 2016 Christine Lagarde hitches the global economy's prospects to China and the Fed.

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The Right Price for Preserving Our Climate

The Right Price for Preserving Our Climate

Nov 30, 2015 Christine Lagarde shows why "smart" taxes to cover the full cost of fossil fuels is essential to curbing their use.

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The Path to Carbon Pricing
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The Path to Carbon Pricing

Oct 19, 2015 Christine Lagarde & Jim Yong Kim map out how to create the incentives needed to cut emissions while protecting the poor.

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Which Way for Europe on China?

Carl Bildt

Under its new leadership, the European Union has promised to step up its engagement on the world stage to ensure that it does not become a pawn in an escalating Sino-American great-power rivalry. To succeed, it will have to strike a careful balance between economic priorities and its own security.

How to Revive the WTO

Shang-Jin Wei & Xinding Yu

The World Trade Organization’s appellate body is under threat not from China, but from the United States, which is blocking the appointment of new judges to the panel. Reviving the WTO will require changes to the organization's rules – but killing its dispute-settlement system is not the solution.

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