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    Obama Picks Surprise Nominee Jim Yong Kim for World Bank

    President Obama stunned the International financial community today by appointing Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim to lead the World Bank , even though he has no banking experience.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    President Obama stunned the International financial community today by appointing Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim to lead the World Bank, even though he has no banking experience. One consequence of today's announcement is that economist Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia's Earth Institute dropped his bid and supported Kim "one hundred percent." Sudeep Reddy reports on economics for the Wall Street Journal.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      KCRW

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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Sudeep Reddy

      Wall Street Journal

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    Guns and Race: What's behind the Killing of Trayvon Martin?
    1. 0:00Obama Picks Surprise Nominee Jim Yong Kim for World BankYou’re reading this
    2. 7:16Guns, Race and Trayvon Martin
    3. 43:48At the NCAA Tournament, It's March Madness' Sweet 16
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