On October 7, Hamas attacks in Israel killed an estimated 1,200 people and took over 200 people hostage.

The Israeli response, including intense bombardments and a ground offensive in Gaza, has been extremely destructive,

reportedly killing over 13,000 Palestinians including 5,500 children as of the time of this episode’s recording [ Nov 27, 2023 ].

In this episode of The Sound of economics, Rebecca Christie invites Georg Zachmann and Christian Zinglersen to talk about the ambitious idea of creating a more integrated European electricity market.

Channing Lee joins host Jeanne Meserve for a conversation on mapping the U.S.-PRC tech competition landscape of six technologies we use in our everyday lives.

In this episode, we are joined by leading economists Avi Goldfarb from the University of Toronto and Simon Johnson from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to discuss the impacts of artificial intelligence on the workforce.

Within this trillion-dollar partnership lies a complex history of agreements, conflicts, and transformative shifts that have altered its course throughout the years.

On Jan. 13, Taiwanese voters elected William Lai, a member of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party and a separatist in the eyes of Beijing, to be their next president.

Experts discuss what Lai’s victory means for the island’s energy policy, cross-strait relations, and push for sovereignty.