Nicholas Barrett
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Nick Barrett was the producer and presenter of Bruegel's podcast, The Sound of Economics. Before moving to Brussels he worked as a journalist, interviewing non-fiction authors for The Economist. His work has also been published in the Financial Times, the Huffington Post, the New Statesman and Vanity Fair
Featured work
Mythbusters: debunking economic myths
Economics seems to be full of myths that are hard to debunk. Will robots take our jobs? Are trade deficits bad? Is China such a big economy simply bec
Coronavirus: the economic prognosis
The coronavirus is going to hit the global economy hard, but how hard? What can policymakers plan for the months ahead? Nicholas Barrett asks Guntram
The European Green Deal rules
When it comes to global carbon emission is a tax the best form of defence? To make the European Green Deal work, the EU is considering a levy on carbo
Where are the women in economics?
The field of economics, like many others, seems to be biased towards men. How are women disadvantaged? Makfire Alija and Katja Knezevic join Nicholas