Global Economy Podcast

by ECIPE

The Global Economy Podcast is a podcast by ECIPE, a think tank dedicated to international economic policy. This podcast will discuss international economic policy and politics, particularly in Europe, and expose the key debates in our time to critical examination. We are unrepentant supporters of globalisation and an open world order, and just like our other work, this podcast will channel irreverent and contrarian views.

Episodes

Episode 69: Education, Knowledge and Human Capital in the 21st Century: How can we Set them on a Better Path? With Jason Brennan and Meelis Kitsing

1h 1m · Published 02 Feb 09:27

It is often said that we live in the age of human capital. Knowledge and ideas power the economy – and as society gets more dependent on technology, we will need more education and knowledge to raise prosperity and distribute...

Episode 68: Digital Markets Act with Aurelien Portuese (Part 2)

19m · Published 26 Jan 15:15

A bunch of companies that in the last 10 years or so have been in the spotlight of competition authorities: large digital companies, especially those that were founded and are still headquartered in the United States of America – and...

Episode 67: Competition Policy & Innovation with Aurelien Portuese (Part 1)

42m · Published 26 Jan 14:57

Competition policy is by many considered an important piece of countries’ economic policy toolkit. Since when do policymakers care about competition and why? What can competition do to push innovation? In this episode, Matthias Bauer and Aurelien Portuese have a...

Episode 66: Regional Economic Integration in the Asia-Pacific – A Model for Addressing 21st Century Trade Policy Issues? With Vangelis Vitalis

50m · Published 16 Dec 10:09

We live in the Pacific century! The centre of gravity for the world economy is inexorably moving towards the region. While there is strong regional economic dynamism, with many economies in the Pacific being at the frontier of technological change...

Episode 65: Controlling Tech and Platforms – Can Antitrust and Regulation Generate Better Competition? With Sam Bowman

57m · Published 30 Nov 11:41

Governments are increasingly seeking to control the behaviour of technology and firms that are pushing the innovation frontier. What is this new wave of controlling tech aiming for? Can regulation and antitrust action increase the contestability of markets – and...

Episode 64: Cybersecurity and Gray-Zone Attacks – How to Protect Societies against New Threats? With Elisabeth Braw

53m · Published 10 Nov 09:41

Cyberattacks are growing – and they come with huge costs to the economy and security. This summer alone, there were cyberattacks in the West bringing down pipelines, healthcare systems, payment processors and others – sometimes leading to a complete standstill...

Episode 63: International Taxation in Today’s Society with Mathieu Parenti

36m · Published 28 Oct 14:39

Tax havens, transfer pricing, digitalisation, what do these terms all mean and how are they related to one another? With the rise of multinational companies and their activities spreading all across the world, it has become unclear who should tax...

Episode 62: China’s Economic Policy and its Consequences for Europe with Joerg Wuttke

55m · Published 15 Oct 14:08

While China has managed a fast economic recovery after the pandemic, Beijing has laid out plans for its future economic policies that signal an inward turn. For instance, the Fourteenth Five-year Plan talks about a new model of ‘dual circulation’,...

Episode 61: After the End of History: What Comes Next? With Mathilde Fasting

59m · Published 14 Oct 14:31

Few books have had such an influence as Francis Fukuyama’s The End of History and the Last Man from 1992: it profoundly shaped the way that many people in the West thought about the period that would follow the collapse...

Episode 60: The Strange Death of European Union Liberalism? With Hans Kundnani

53m · Published 29 Sep 13:48

What ideas are now powering the European Union? For a long time, Europe and the European project confidently embodied the values of liberal universalism and cultural pluralism. That zeitgeist manifested itself in Europe’s self-image and its broad outlook on the...

Global Economy Podcast has 62 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 41:50:13. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on November 25th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on May 27th, 2024 01:41.