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Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://audiobookspace.com/free Title: America and the Global Economy Author: Jacob J. Lew Narrator: Kevin Stillwell Format: Unabridged Length: 36 mins Language: English Release date: 04-19-16 Publisher: Foreign Affairs Genres: Newspapers & Magazines, News & Culture Publisher's Summary: When Barack Obama joined other global leaders at the G-20 summit in Turkey in November 2015, the United States was in the final stages of a multiyear effort to secure the approval of a set of important reforms to the International Monetary Fund. The reforms, negotiated in 2010 with strong US leadership, were designed to double the organizations core financial resources to combat financial crises and to modernize its governance by increasing the voting shares of emerging-market economies while maintaining a decisive US voice. But their implementation had been on hold for several years, awaiting approval from Congress. Christine Lagarde, the IMFs managing director, spoke