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The Sound of Economics

The Sound of Economics brings you insights, debates, and research-based discussions on economic policy in Europe and beyond.The podcast is produced by Bruegel, an independent and non-doctrinal think t... Read more

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S5 Ep27: Director's Cut: The economics of no-deal Brexit

S5 Ep27: Director's Cut: The economics of no-deal Brexit

Bruegel director Guntram Wolff is joined by senior fellow Zsolt Darvas to rake through the possibilities and probabiliti... Read more

16 Jan 2019

26mins

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S5 Ep19: Deep Focus: The G20 in a changing world order

S5 Ep19: Deep Focus: The G20 in a changing world order

In November 2008, the first G20 summit at the leaders' level took place amid the global financial crisis. The admittedly... Read more

20 Nov 2018

27mins

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S5 Ep24: Deep Focus: Consequences of European Central Bank forecasting errors

S5 Ep24: Deep Focus: Consequences of European Central Bank forecasting errors

Bruegel senior scholar Zsolt Darvas speaks about his review of systematic errors in ECB forecasting, in another instalme... Read more

12 Dec 2018

16mins

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S5 Ep8: Director’s Cut: Is economics asking the right questions?

S5 Ep8: Director’s Cut: Is economics asking the right questions?

Bruegel deputy director Maria Demertzis welcomes Financial Times commentator Martin Sandbu to explore the journey taken ... Read more

2 Oct 2018

21mins

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Labour mobility in Europe

Labour mobility in Europe

This episode of The Sound of Economics focuses on labour mobility in Europe. Anti-immigration sentiment is on the rise d... Read more

20 Apr 2017

16mins

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S6: Will Iran disrupt the global economy?

S6: Will Iran disrupt the global economy?

Last Friday, Qassem Soleimani, head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ QUDS force, was killed by an American airstrike... Read more

6 Jan 2020

21mins

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S5 Ep53: Deep Focus: Energy transition in the next EU institutional cycle

S5 Ep53: Deep Focus: Energy transition in the next EU institutional cycle

When the dust settles after the recent European elections, and as the new Commission takes office, the problem of climat... Read more

10 Jul 2019

16mins

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S5 Ep5: Backstage: Developing the EU-China relationship amid rising global trade tensions

S5 Ep5: Backstage: Developing the EU-China relationship amid rising global trade tensions

Following a conference at Bruegel, at a critical moment for the global economic system, Bruegel director Guntram Wolff i... Read more

20 Sep 2018

34mins

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S4 Ep13: A conversation about U.S. steel and aluminium Tariffs

S4 Ep13: A conversation about U.S. steel and aluminium Tariffs

In this episode our senior fellow, André Sapir discusses with Uri Dadush, non-resident scholar here at Bruegel about Pre... Read more

9 Mar 2018

14mins

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S5 Ep7: Director’s Cut: The Italian government budget proposal for 2019

S5 Ep7: Director’s Cut: The Italian government budget proposal for 2019

Guntram Wolff welcomes Bruegel affiliate fellow Silvia Merler to evaluate the Italian government’s planned budget for 20... Read more

28 Sep 2018

16mins

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S6: The science of Brexit

S6: The science of Brexit

On Saturday morning, the United Kingdom will wake up outside the European Union. After 37 years of collaboration, how wi... Read more

29 Jan 2020

27mins

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S6: The EU-Russia-China energy triangle

S6: The EU-Russia-China energy triangle

Russia wants to export more gas to China, should the EU be concerned? This week, Nicholas Barrett is joined by Georg Zac... Read more

27 Nov 2019

25mins

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How will Europe's banking system respond to future challenges?

How will Europe's banking system respond to future challenges?

This episode of The Sound of Economics focuses on the banking system in Europe and some of the challenges it is facing. ... Read more

5 May 2017

16mins

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What's next for France and Europe?

What's next for France and Europe?

In this episode of The Sound of Economics, we host a conversation between Jean Pisani-Ferry and Guntram Wolff on the fut... Read more

11 May 2017

11mins

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S4 Ep15: Blockchain: The process and the future

S4 Ep15: 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 Sou... Read more

29 Mar 2018

16mins

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S4 Ep12: Euro-area governance: Where next?

S4 Ep12: Euro-area governance: Where next?

What comes next for the euro area? Europe has emerged from crisis, and progress has been made with banking union; but mo... Read more

1 Mar 2018

9mins

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Global trade and Europe

Global trade and Europe

In this episode of The Sound of Economics we focus on trade multilateralism. What are the advantages of a multilateral a... Read more

30 Jun 2017

12mins

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S5 Ep37: Director's Cut: China's place in the global trading system

S5 Ep37: Director's Cut: China's place in the global trading system

Bruegel director Guntram Wolff and senior fellow André Sapir discuss how potential WTO reform might position the organis... Read more

28 Mar 2019

36mins

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S5 Ep9: Backstage: Implications of the new EU-Japan trade deal

S5 Ep9: Backstage: Implications of the new EU-Japan trade deal

Bruegel senior fellow André Sapir welcomes Tamotsu Nakamura, dean of Kobe University’s Graduate School of Economics, and... Read more

4 Oct 2018

25mins

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S6: How to spend it

S6: How to spend it

With interest rates so low for so long, central bankers are running out of levers to pull. But perhaps better fiscal pol... Read more

23 Oct 2019

30mins

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