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Ruchir Agarwal: Chimpanzee Politics and Climate Change

Ruchir Agarwal: Chimpanzee Politics and Climate Change

IMF Podcasts

August 30, 202116m 14s

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Show Notes

When it comes to cooperation, humans and chimpanzees still have much in common. Perhaps that's not surprising given humans share over 98 percent of our DNA with chimps. But in a recent article in Finance and Development, economist Ruchir Agarwal argues the 2 percent genetic difference propels humanity's success, but also its potential for disaster. In this podcast, Agarwal asks whether humans have evolved enough to escape "chimpanzee politics" and confront the greatest risk our species is facing—climate change.

Transcript: https://bit.ly/3Bk80C0

Read the Article at IMF.org/fandd