The Sound of Economics Podcast
1) Europe’s 2025 identity crisis: the year in review
The European Union’s quest for innovation, competitiveness, self defence and economic security
2) EU-India: trading partners with potential
Can Brussels and New Delhi work together to improve economic ties?
3) Inside the Nexperia crisis: what it means for Europe’s tech sovereignty
A story of semiconductors, geopolitics and Europe’s struggle to define its economic security in a world of rising US-China tensions
4) Ukraine talks: peace progress or dead end?
How should the EU manage negotiations with Ukraine, the US and Russia?
5) How can carbon credits work better?
New ideas on reaching climate targets as COP30 gets underway In this episode of The Sound of Economics, host Rebecca Christie sits down with Bruegel’s Georg Zachmann and professor Jos Delbeke, former...Show More
6) Understanding money in the EU
How do citizens keep track of their finances and investments, and how can the European Commission help?
7) Double tax – why women pay it and what to do about it
Fixing gender inequality could reap big gains for the entire economy In this episode of The Sound of Economics, host Rebecca Christie sits down with economist Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman and Bruegel’s M...Show More
8) Paradoxical EU-China climate relations
As COP30 approaches, what is the real state of EU–China climate relations? In this episode of The Sound of Economics, Yuyun Zhan sits down with Alicia García-Herrero and Cecilia Trasi to explore the ...Show More
9) What are governments buying?
How does the European Union manage public-sector procurement, and is there room for environmental goals?
10) Climate, data and complacency
Why economists need to take the costs of climate change more seriously