The Sound of Economics
The podcast by Bruegel.
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Managing the What Ifs: Europe, China and world trade
How should the EU de-risk its external economic relationships without foregoing the benefits of trade?
NATO and the EU - who does what for European defence?
As the war in Ukraine stretches on, how do the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation work together?
Do EU tech rules add up?
Mapping out the EU’s digital agenda
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
The EU elections are around the corner. What economic plans are the parties advocating for?
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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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31 October 2019
How not to spend it
Buying a car, a house or a cryptocurrency has never been easier: with a simple click, digital banking has made financial operations accessible to ever
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18 September 2019
Deep Focus: What is a hybrid attack?
Hybrid attacks are fast, dynamic and ever-evolving. They can cross borders and span industries. They are best dealt with at the national level, but wi
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05 September 2019
Backstage at BAM19: How much further reform is needed for the new financial sector?
Backstage at the Bruegel Annual Meetings, Rebecca Christie talks with Nicolas Véron on the new financial sector.
Podcast
04 July 2019
Director's Cut: Priorities for the new ECB president
In this Director's Cut of 'The Sound of Economics', Guntram Wolff talks to two of the authors of Bruegel's memo to the new ECB president, Maria Demert
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27 June 2019
Director's Cut: ECB monetary policy decisions deconstructed
In this Director’s Cut, Bruegel’s Grégory Claeys and Maria Demertzis take a deeper look at whether the monetary policy decisions made by the ECB over
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30 April 2019
Backstage: The EU financial services landscape after Brexit
Bruegel fellows Rebecca Christie and Nicolas Véron discuss how the map of the EU's financial services industry has begun to change, and how it might e
Podcast
12 March 2019
Director's Cut: The case for a legislative remedy for recessions
Bruegel's Maria Demertzis welcomes Yale Law School professor Yair Listokin to this Director's Cut of 'The Sound of Economics', to discuss how law migh
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07 March 2019
Backstage: Reforming the European asylum system
This episode of 'The Sound of Economics' features Bruegel visiting fellow Elina Ribakova in conversation with Marc-Olivier Padis and Jean-Paul Tran Th
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21 February 2019
Deep Focus: A greener monetary policy approach for the ECB
Bruegel fellow Dirk Schoenmaker walks Sean Gibson and 'The Sound of Economics' listeners through his latest working paper, focusing on how to make mon
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19 February 2019
Director's Cut: Balancing free trade with national security interests
In this episode of Director's Cut, Stephanie Segal of CSIS joins Bruegel's Guntram Wolff and Maria Demertzis for a conversation about the tension betw
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20 December 2018
Director’s cut: Wrapping up 2018
With 2018 drawing to a close, and the dawn of 2019 imminent, Bruegel's scholars reflect on the economic policy developments we can expect in the new y
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12 December 2018
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 instalment of the Deep Focus podcast o
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30 November 2018
Backstage: Transitioning towards sustainable finance
In this episode of the Backstage series, Bruegel's Non-Resident Fellow Dirk Schoenmaker welcomes Molly Scott Cato, a Green party MEP for South West En
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20 November 2018
Deep Focus: The G20 in a changing world order
In this episode of Deep Focus, Bruegel fellow Suman Bery joins Sean Gibson to elaborate on his recent Policy Contribution on the G20's performance ove
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30 October 2018
Deep Focus: How to improve anti-money laundering efforts in Europe
In this episode, Bruegel senior fellow Nicolas Véron joins Sean Gibson to discuss the recent Policy Contribution on how to better the European Union a
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