Centre for European Reform podcast

CER podcast: The rule of law under threat

Beth Oppenheim asks Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska about the latest developments in the rule of law dispute between Warsaw and Brussels, and how the EU should respond to democratic backsliding, beyond the...

30 Tammi 201922min

Episode 1: What happens to our politics if our economies do not grow?

Claire Waysand, General Auditor at the Treasury, Ministry of the Economy and Industry & Digital Sector, and Jeromin Zettelmeyer, Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, di...

16 Tammi 201917min

Episode 2: What explains the productivity slowdown?

Laurence Boone, Chief Economist and G20 Finance Deputy, and Duncan Weldon, economist and writer, discuss the causes of Europe’s productivity slowdown, and whether or not it is the legacy of the econom...

16 Tammi 201918min

Episode 3: Will the median worker do better or worse in the future?

Stephen King, Senior Economic Adviser at HSBC, and Sotiria Theodoropoulou, Senior Researcher and Head of Unit at the European Trade Union Institute, discuss the future of the median worker, including ...

16 Tammi 201913min

Episode 4: The macroeconomic implications of low productivity growth

Agnès Bénassy-Quéré, Professor at the Paris School of Economics, and Brad Setser, Senior Fellow at the Council of Foreign Relations, discuss whether European governments are being too timid in promoti...

16 Tammi 201915min

Episode 5: Should governments be more interventionist?

Torsten Bell, director of the Resolution Foundation, and Shahin Vallée, from the European Institute at London School of Economics, discuss the growing consensus that the state will do more for its cit...

16 Tammi 201918min