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Zooming in on the US-China tech rivalry
A comparative exploration of US-China innovation frontiers
What visions for Europe? Unpacking EU parties’ economic strategies
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Climate change, the next big financial threat
A warming planet poses new risks to European sovereign debt. How can the continent protect itself?
1982: the debt crisis that could have destroyed Western banking
What we can learn from four decades of financial turmoil and recovery
One grid to rule them all? The future of a European single electricity market
Envisioning a better-integrated European electricity market
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11 July 2018
Italy's economic and political outlook
In this week's Sound of Economics, Bruegel affiliate fellow, Silvia Merler, is joined by Marcello Minenna, PhD lecturer at the London Graduate School
Podcast
27 June 2018
Director's Cut: The drama of the EU and euro area
Bruegel's director, Guntram Wolff, is joined by Ashoka Mody, visiting professor in international economic policy at Princeton University to discuss to
Podcast
19 June 2018
Director’s Cut: Making Europe financially literate
This week's guest on the Director’s Cut of ‘The Sound of Economics’, Annamaria Lusardi, raises the urgent need to adopt policies that seek to improve
Podcast
05 June 2018
Director's Cut: Central banking and the problem of unelected power
Bruegel director Guntram Wolff discusses current tensions in central banking governance with Paul Tucker, former deputy governor of the Bank of Englan
Podcast
29 May 2018
Robots: Positive or negative for EU employment?
Bruegel research fellow Georgios Petropoulos features in this episode of ‘The Sound of Economics’ to discuss a study he has co-authored on the impact
Podcast
25 May 2018
Director’s Cut: What risk does Italy’s new government pose to the euro area?
In this Director’s Cut of ‘The Sound of Economics’ podcast, Guntram Wolff discusses with Bruegel senior fellow Francesco Papadia the potential consequ
Podcast
15 May 2018
Director's Cut: Post-crisis prognosis for macroeconomics
The global financial crisis prompted the field of macroeconomics to rethink its methods. In this Director's Cut of 'The Sound of Economics', Bruegel
Podcast
08 May 2018
Director’s Cut: EU policy priorities towards Capital Markets Union
In this Director’s Cut of ‘The Sound of Economics’ podcast, Bruegel director Guntram Wolff hosts a conversation with the European Commission’s Vice-Pr
Podcast
24 April 2018
How to reform European transport and tackle rising emissions
The transport sector is the Europe's biggest obstacle to meeting its climate-change targets. But there are several ways in which the EU can take the i
Podcast
18 April 2018
Director's Cut: EU risks US tariff pain in standing by the WTO
As global trade war continues to unfold, Bruegel director Guntram Wolff is joined for this Director's Cut of 'The Sound of Economics' podcast by Bernd
Podcast
03 April 2018
Director's Cut: Developing deposit insurance in Europe
In this week’s Director’s Cut of ‘The Sound of Economics’ podcast, Bruegel director Guntram Wolff talks with Nicolas Véron, senior fellow at Bruegel,
Podcast
29 March 2018
Blockchain: The process and the future
Proponents of blockchain see it as the future – but when might it become the present? In this latest episode of ‘The Sound of Economics’ we welcome Ju
Podcast
27 March 2018
Director’s Cut: A global trade triumvirate?
In this week’s Director’s Cut of ‘The Sound of Economics’ podcast, Bruegel director Guntram Wolff hosts a discussion with Bruegel fellows Alicia Garcí
Podcast
20 March 2018
EU budget: Scope to reform Common Agricultural Policy
In this episode of ‘The Sound of Economics’, Bruegel director Guntram B. Wolff talks with Lars Hoelgaard, former deputy director general at DG AGRI, r
Podcast
09 March 2018
A conversation about U.S. steel and aluminium tariffs
In this podcast, André Sapir discusses with Uri Dadush about President Trump's announcement to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.
Podcast
01 March 2018
Euro-area governance: Where next?
Bruegel deputy director Maria Demertzis hosts this episode of 'The Sound of Economics', with Gideon Rachman, chief foreign affairs correspondent at th
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