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The year that tested us all

The year that tested us all

The Sound of Economics

December 21, 202044m 49s

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Show Notes

As the year draws to a close, Giuseppe Porcaro invites Maria Demertzis, André Sapir and Guntram Wolff to review this eventful year in economic policy and beyond. The guests also talk about a book that has marked them this year and finally, their hopes and wishes for the decade ahead.

Events mentioned:
Monetary policy after the pandemic, with Janet Yellen
Together for Europe’s recovery and for a better, more sovereign Europe, with Olaf Scholz
The green deal: Europe’s growth strategy, with Frans Timmermans

Books mentioned:
Zuboff, S. (2019) The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power, PublicAffairs, New York.
Carreyrou, J. (2018) Bad blood: Secrets and Liies in a Silicon Valley Startup, Knopf, New York.
Aral, S. (2020) The Hype Machine: How Social Media Disrupts Our Elections, Our economy, And Our Health–And How We Must Adapt ,New York Currency, New York.
Bratton, B. H. (2016) The Stack: On Software and Sovereignty ,MIT Press, Massachusetts.