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Economist
12-06-2025
- Business
- Economist
Can Germany reinvent its economy?
Germany was once the economic powerhouse of Europe. But since 2019 its economy has barely grown. The country is now under new leadership—but is Friedrich Merz the man to pull Germany out of its perma-slump? Hosts: Ethan Wu and Mike Bird. Guests: The Economist 's Christian Odendahl; Monika Schnitzer, chair of the German Council of Economic Experts; and Philippa Sigl-Glöckner, founder of Dezernat Zukunft, a macro-finance think tank. Listen to what matters most, from global politics and business to science and technology— subscribe to Economist Podcasts+.
Economist
15-05-2025
- Business
- Economist
Lessons from the US-China trade war
America and China have agreed to a 90-day truce of their month-long trade war, but the economic uncertainty has not yet ended. Beyond tariffs, the spat had begun spilling over into other areas, with China imposing a ban on the export of critical minerals designed to hobble American industries. Could global supply chains and financial systems be weaponised in a similar way? If so, could such actions further fragment the global economy to everyone's detriment? And what would stop economic warfare escalating into full-blown military conflicts? Hosts: Mike Bird and Ethan Wu. Guests: Edward Fishman of the Center on Global Energy Policy and Columbia University, and author of 'Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare'; and Dan Wang, research fellow at Stanford's Hoover History Lab and author of 'Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer th e Future'.
