Instead of discussing the bailouts of stricken European economies this week, the managing director of the IMF is behind bars in New York after being charged with six counts of sexual assault - all of which he denies.
The Guardian's economics editor Larry Elliott discusses the extraordinary turn of events and what it means for the IMF.
Also this week: two months after a series of disasters hit northern Japan we look at its economic recovery - and what the country's economists are really worried about: a rapidly ageing population. Kosuke Motani is author of The Silver Tsunami, a bestselling text on the demographic crisis facing Japan.
And finally, Aditya Chakrabortty meets Google's chief economist Hal Varian. The internet and the information age have done much to revolutionise the world of finance and economics, but can Google help prevent the next banking crisis?
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