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The EU’s capital markets quest
In this episode of The Sound of Economics, host Rebecca Christie discusses how common financial-services supervision could jumpstart the EU single ma…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
How do China, the US, and the EU fare in critical technologies?
Critical technologies including artificial intelligence, semiconductors and quantum computing are gaining increasing attention due to their strategic…
8 months ago
Digital euro: why now and what's next
In this episode of the Sound of Economics, host Rebecca Christie talks about the proposed digital euro with ECB Executive Board member Piero Cipollon…
8 months, 1 week ago
Fighting poverty, creating jobs: how development finance helps
In this episode of the Sound of Economics, host Rebecca Christie discusses global development with Bruegel director Jeromin Zettelmeyer and Alfonso G…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Defence and climate: is a common agenda possible?
How Europe’s defence sector can align to climate goals without compromising security needs
In this episode of the Sound of Economics, we look at the p…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
EU-UK trade and the Trump effect
In this episode of The Sound of Economics, we look at what came out of the May 19 EU-UK summit. Host Rebecca Christie speaks with Bruegel’s Ignacio G…
8 months, 4 weeks ago
China's presence in the Eastern Mediterranean
In this episode of The Sound of Economics, Yuyun Zhan sits down with Bruegel’s own Alicia García-Herrero and Plamen Tonchev, Head of Asia Unit at the…
9 months ago
Talent grab: can the EU attract US scientists and innovators?
In this episode of the Sound of Economics, we look at how Europe can attract and keep top-tier scientific researchers, especially given US political …
9 months, 1 week ago
Germany’s budget vs the EU: clash coming?
In this episode of the Sound of Economics, we look at Germany’s budget outlook under new Chancellor Friedric Merz and whether much-needed reforms to …
9 months, 2 weeks ago
[UPDATED] Wired for the future: building Europe’s next-gen electricity grid
*We released the original podcast on 23 April 2025. As the blackout in Iberian Peninsula happened soon after, we decided to record an update on what …
9 months, 2 weeks ago