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Podcast
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
Podcast
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
Podcast
12 February 2019
Deep Focus: Developing Europe's digital single market
Bruegel senior fellow J. Scott Marcus joins Sean Gibson for this episode of Deep Focus on the 'The Sound of Economics', elaborating on a Bruegel study
Podcast
07 February 2019
Director's Cut: Reflections on five years of China's Belt and Road Initiative
Bruegel fellows Alicia García-Herrero and Uri Dadush join Guntram Wolff for this Director's Cut of 'The Sound of Economics', focusing on the progress
Podcast
24 January 2019
Backstage: Policy principles for a new social contract
This episode of The Sound of Economics features Bruegel senior fellow Zsolt Darvas in conversation with Maurizio Bussolo and Bernadette Ségol about in
Podcast
16 January 2019
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 probabilities inherent in a no-deal Brexi
Podcast
08 January 2019
Deep Focus: Europe's auto industry and the global electric vehicle revolution
Bruegel fellows Reinhilde Veugelers and Simone Tagliapietra elaborate on the recent Policy Contribution they co-authored on the European automotive in
Podcast
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
Podcast
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
Podcast
07 December 2018
Deep Focus: Balancing distributional inequalities of climate policies
Bruegel fellow Georg Zachmann talks through a Bruegel Blueprint he has co-authored, looking into the potential distributional effects of climate polic
Podcast
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
Podcast
27 November 2018
Backstage: Shared prosperity for the EU and north Africa
Bruegel's director Guntram Wolff looks at north Africa's economic growth in the light of the region's trade agreements with the EU, welcoming Karim El
Podcast
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
Podcast
15 November 2018
Director’s cut: What Syrian refugees need to return home
This episode of the Director’s Cut features a conversation between Bruegel’s director, Guntram Wolff and Maha Yahya, the director of the Carnegie Midd
Podcast
08 November 2018
Backstage: How think-tanks can make themselves heard in an information-rich world
Think-tanks have come a long way since their organisational blueprint was first conceived, but they have work to do in order to adapt to meet the need
Podcast
07 November 2018
Director’s Cut: Options yet open for a Brexit deal
Robin Niblett, director of Chatham House institute, joins Bruegel deputy director Maria Demertzis for an assessment of what progress can be reasonably
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