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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 tank based in Brussels. It seeks to contribute to European and global economic policy-making through open, fact-based, and policy-relevant research, analysis, and debate.

The Sound of Economics

Bruegel

Business News

386 episodes

Giuseppe's picks

The evolution of EU-China relations
Read with Bruegel: Ways of being
Read with Bruegel: The Palgrave Handbook of Global Politics in the 22nd Century
China’s tales of the future

Reopening Europe

Reopening: Europe
REOPENING EUROPE - Reopening Governance?
REOPENING EUROPE - Reopening Borders?
REOPENING EUROPE - Reopening Tourism?

Skills series

Skills anticipation for the green transition
The role of civil society in skills development
Skills-based hiring: tackling the labour shortages
Skills-shift: navigating the future of work

Read with Bruegel

Read with Bruegel: Ways of being
Read with Bruegel: Central Banking before 1800: A Rehabilitation
Read with Bruegel: The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations
Read with Bruegel: Backfire: How Sanctions Reshape the World Against U.S. Interests

Future of work and inclusive growth

Can/Should robots look after the young and the old?
Why do employers want employees back in the office?
Why are remote jobs only happening in the cities?
The dominance of the platform economy

War in Ukraine

How war in Ukraine brought Europe together
What to do with frozen Russian assets
How useful have the EU’s financial sanctions on Russia been?
Will Ukraine’s refugees return?

ZhōngHuá Mundus

China's latest stimulus package: is it enough to save the economy?
Narratives and reality: China’s economic engagements in Africa
Electrified tensions: EU's proposed tariffs on Chinese EVs
Should foreign companies still do business in China?

The Sound of Economics - Director's Cut

Director’s Cut: EU policy priorities towards Capital Markets Union
Director's Cut: Developing deposit insurance in Europe
Director's cut: A global trade triumvirate?

The Sound of Economics - Season 4

Robots: Positive or negative for EU employment?
Blockchain: The process and the future
EU budget: Scope to reform Common Agricultural Policy
A conversation about U.S. steel and aluminium Tariffs

The Sound of Economics - Season 2

Decarbonisation and climate change: looking ahead
Unlocking the potential of innovation
Brexit: the way forward
Debt resolution: moving on after the crisis

The Sound of Economics - Season 1

The Future of Europe
What the Eurozone can learn from US monetary history
Brexit: what happens now?
European Fiscal Rules

The Sound of economics - Season 3

Global trade and Europe
What's next for France and Europe?
How will Europe's banking system respond to future challenges?
Labour mobility in Europe

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