The Sound of Economics
The podcast by Bruegel.
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Capital markets union - why now?
What is hindering the EU from achieving a Capital markets union?
Key takeaways from China’s Two Sessions
Unpacking China’s biggest annual political event
How war in Ukraine brought Europe together
EU countries have resisted splintering factions since Russia’s 2022 invasion
The complexities of AI regulation
How to balance legal certainty with evolving technology and international competition?
South Korea's semiconductor strategy
Economic ties are being reshaped by the semiconductor industry's evolution
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03 March 2020
Is the EU a superpower?
As China and the US battle for global supremacy, the EU seems to remain in the shadows. But what if the EU had been shaping the world economy all alon
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28 February 2020
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25 February 2020
Can the European Green Deal kill the single market?
The European Green Deal is one of the landmarks of Ursula von der Leyen's Commission. But, without an ambitious investment behind it, what could be it
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19 February 2020
From Brussels with love? Russia's economic dependence on the EU
Despite the political antagonism, the EU and Russia are not only geographically, but also economically, reliant on each other: European houses are hea
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17 February 2020
Can hybrid threats disrupt the financial system?
From cashless payments to digital banking, finance has become intangible and global. But, while speed and convenience have made our international tran
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14 February 2020
The EU's plan to catch up on artificial intelligence
While the US and China have been setting the pace when it comes to Artificial Intelligence, the European Union seems to be lagging behind. What are th
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05 February 2020
Industrial revolutions might not be as fun as they look
AI promises a new industrial revolution but history warns us that industrial revolutions aren't always that fun for people in the eye of the storm. Th
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29 January 2020
The science of Brexit
On Saturday morning, the United Kingdom will wake up outside the European Union. After 37 years of collaboration, how will Brexit affect research and
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20 January 2020
AI in Europe: a conversation with Google's CEO
It seems almost inevitable that Google will be big part of Europe's future. And Europe will be a huge part of Google's too. This week, Alphabet, Googl
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16 January 2020
Banking after Brexit
Will Brexit damage Britain's financial services industry? Or is talk of its diminished status just a storm in a teacup? The City of London could move
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16 January 2020
Paying for the European Green Deal
The European Commission has presented its Just Transition Fund to help regions still dependent on fossil fuel as they move towards green energy. But w
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06 January 2020
Will Iran disrupt the global economy?
Last Friday, Qassem Soleimani, head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ QUDS force, was killed by an American airstrike outside Baghdad airport. The
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20 December 2019
A decade to remember (or possibly to forget) for economists
2019 is coming to an end and so is the decade. How did economics change the world over the last ten years? And did the world change economics? Which e
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19 December 2019
The Sound of Margrethe Vestager
Will AI exacerbate the gap between big companies and small ones? Do ordinary Europeans gain anything from having European tech giants? This week, Nich
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16 December 2019
Capture the nodes
How do states exercise power through global economic networks? The multilateral world order is supposed to be harmonious, but by seizing the nodes of
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12 December 2019
Appellate Body Politic
This week, the WTO's Appellate Body, the dispute settlement body, became inoperational: it no longer has the necessary number of judges to render verd
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