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Podcast
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
Podcast
26 October 2018
Backstage: Japan’s inflation problem and monetary policy options
Bruegel senior fellow Zsolt Darvas welcomes Sayuri Shirai, professor at Keio University, visiting scholar at the Asian Development Bank Institute and
Podcast
23 October 2018
Director’s Cut: How to reform and fortify the global financial system
Bruegel director Guntram Wolff is joined by Tharman Shanmugaratnam, deputy prime minister of Singapore and chair of the G20 Eminent Persons Group, and
Podcast
17 October 2018
Backstage: The new balance of Asia-EU-US trade relations
Amid the Asia-Europe Economic Forum on the fringes of the 12th ASEM Summit, Bruegel senior fellow hosts a conversation on developing global trade rela
Podcast
16 October 2018
Deep Focus: Renewing the clean energy strategy in the Mediterranean
In this episode of Deep Focus, Bruegel research fellow Simone Tagliapeitra explains how the nature of cross-Mediterranean energy relations needs to ch
Podcast
09 October 2018
Director’s Cut: How does Italy’s budget fit with EU fiscal rules?
In this Director’s Cut of ‘The Sound of Economics’, Guntram Wolff welcomes Bruegel research fellow Grégory Claeys to assess how the new Italian budget
Podcast
04 October 2018
Backstage: Implications of the new EU-Japan trade deal
Bruegel senior fellow André Sapir welcomes Tamotsu Nakamura, dean of Kobe University’s Graduate School of Economics, and Maria Åsenius, head of cabine
Podcast
02 October 2018
Director’s Cut: Is economics asking the right questions?
Bruegel deputy director Maria Demertzis welcomes Financial Times commentator Martin Sandbu to explore the journey taken by the field of economics sinc
Podcast
28 September 2018
Director’s Cut: The Italian government budget proposal for 2019
Guntram Wolff welcomes Bruegel affiliate fellow Silvia Merler to evaluate the Italian government’s planned budget for 2019, in this Director’s Cut of
Podcast
25 September 2018
Backstage: Brexit consequences for EU’s ICT policy
Bruegel senior fellow Scott Marcus welcomes former European Regulators Group chairman Kip Meek to explore the consequences of Brexit for ICT policy-ma
Podcast
20 September 2018
Backstage: Developing the EU-China relationship amid rising global trade tensions
Bruegel director Guntram Wolff is joined by Alicia García-Herrero, senior fellow at Bruegel, and Zhang Weiwei, director at The China Institute of Fuda
Podcast
14 September 2018
Director’s Cut: Europe’s migration policy challenge
Immigration is one of the most contentious policy matters currently facing the EU. In this Director’s Cut of ‘The Sound of Economics’ Bruegel director
Podcast
04 September 2018
Backstage: Next steps towards banking and capital markets union in Europe
Bruegel senior fellow Nicolas Véron talks with Jörg Kukies, state secretary at the German finance ministry, about the next steps to the banking union
Podcast
31 August 2018
Deep Focus: How healthcare affects the macroeconomy
In a new podcast series looking specifically at Bruegel research, Zsolt Darvas expounds on the themes of a research paper he has co-written on the mac
Podcast
24 August 2018
Director's Cut - The extent of Turkey's crisis
Bruegel director Guntram Wolff welcomes Brad Setser, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, and Jean Pisani-Ferry, Mercator senior fellow
Podcast
11 July 2018
Italy's economic and political outlook
In this week's Sound of Economics, Bruegel affiliate fellow, Silvia Merler, is joined by Marcello Minenna, PhD lecturer at the London Graduate School
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