The Sound of Economics

Episodes

• The UK, the EU – and Ukraine? 01.07.2026 45m

  A decade after Brexit, the UK has to compete with other prospects for EU attention
• Europe's China shock 2.0 23.06.2026 39m

  A record surplus, a fractured response and the limits of Brussels' ambitions
• AI, demographics and China 17.06.2026 50m

  How young economists see the big challenges of our times
• What you need to know about ETS 10.06.2026 46m

  How does the EU’s emissions trading system work and what changes are coming?
• Where is the growth? 03.06.2026 47m

  What do the EU’s spring forecasts say about higher prices, a changing job market and rising uncertainty?
• Reassessing China's role in the Middle East 27.05.2026 40m

  A complex region, persistent assumptions and the limits of Beijing's ambitions
• Money, stablecoins and the dollar 20.05.2026 35m

  The past, present and future of money
• The European project 13.05.2026 39m

  Valdis Dombrovskis, Jeromin Zettelmeyer and Anne Bucher talk Ukraine, political will and Europe’s quest for better regulation
• Weapons, war and confusion 06.05.2026 51m

  How will Europe and the US build and pay for the arsenals of the future?
• Future-proofing and creative destruction 29.04.2026 44m

  How EU sustainable finance can find a way forward
• Exploring Chinese trade deflection 22.04.2026 34m

  How much of what China can no longer sell to the United States ends up on Europe's doorstep?
• Hungary’s future 14.04.2026 44m

  How Hungary’s historic election changes the EU and the economic outlook
• Why are global imbalances rising, and why does it matter? 13.04.2026 52m

  Is the dollar at risk? Is China the new Germany? How to manage rising external deficits and surpluses
• Europe’s electric vehicle conundrum 08.04.2026 45m

  What to do about Chinese overcapacity, EU subsidies and the electric transition
• Montenegro’s power connection to the EU 01.04.2026 44m

  How do Montenegro and the Western Balkans manage electricity, CBAM and the green transition?
• What the heck is a 28th Regime? 25.03.2026 46m

  The European Commission’s new plan for business law, in context
• Italy and Europe 18.03.2026 38m

  Slow growth, high debt and the paradox of Giorgia Meloni
• First assessment of China's 15th Five-Year Plan 13.03.2026 31m

  Can Beijing's new economic blueprint deliver in an era of deflation, demographic decline, and technology warfare?
• Inflation, Iran and the Industrial Accelerator Act 11.03.2026 53m

  Klaas Knot and Jeromin Zettelmeyer tackle the key issues facing Europe
• Europe and the Iran war 02.03.2026 45m

  What does the conflict mean for inflation, oil prices, the economy and Ukraine?