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Gita Gopinath, the World’s New Economic Growth Genius
She became the International Monetary Fund’s first female chief economist in January.
Gita Gopinath, economist.
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The IMF is a pillar of the post-World War II global order at a time when pillars of the post-World War II global order are under attack. The fund’s headquarters are three blocks from the White House, where President Trump routinely threatens to pull the U.S. out of multilateral institutions it created. Relations have been tense: The IMF has slammed Trump’s trade war as a threat to world growth, and the U.S. Department of the Treasury has rejected a boost in IMF funding.