La croissance est l'affaire de tous

Most advanced economies are witnessing their populations age and labor forces shrink, and the same trend is expected to hold for the largest emerging economies within the decade. So the largely touted demographic dividend of previous decades is making way for a demographic drag. ... Show More

After four long years of numerous crises, sub-Saharan Africa’s hard-won recovery has been disrupted by yet another shock. The sudden shift in the global outlook has clouded the region’s short-term prospects and significantly complicated policy making. Economist Andrew Tiffin and ... Show More

While the German economy has been one of Europe’s strongest for decades, its performance in recent years has fallen short of expectations. Why is this once economic powerhouse now lagging? Ulrike Malmendier is a professor of economics and finance at the University of California, ... Show More

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has this week downgraded its forecast for global growth warning “the worst is yet to come and, for many people 2023 will feel like a recession”. The fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has increased inflation, forced central banks to ra ... Show More

Enjoyed the podcast? Comment below! 💬 Subscribe to Economics Explained Youtube Channel 👉 https://bit.ly/sub2ee Canada is one of the wealthiest economies in the world today, but the OECD forecasts that the country will stagnate and is poised for the lowest growth of any advanced ... Show More

Wirtschaft muss wachsen – deshalb braucht es von allem ständig mehr. Unternehmen profitieren von der Dynamik, Staaten finanzieren so die Altersvorsorge. Die Kehrseite: Übernutzung und Dichtestress. Können wir nicht anders oder wollen wir nicht? Bald schon könnten 10 Millionen Men ... Show More

When it comes to economics, there are a bunch of different schools to choose from, but pretty much all of them are focused on boosting growth. Except, that is, for the degrowth movement, which aims to refocus economics away from GDP. As more and more complaints about "late-stage ... Show More

The mainstream media continue to push the narrative that the US and Canadian economies are strong. Unemployment is low and the service sector of the economy is doing great.  This is what is driving the soft landing hypothesis.  But what is being overlooked is the economic headwin ... Show More

President Biden recently made it clear that what we're seeing play out in the economy now is the result of "Bidenomics." The current expansion has defied the constant predictions of economic gloom. Every other day, it seems, some firm announces a new battery plant or semiconducto ... Show More

Oh today’s show we are talking about the current macro economic climate and provide a forecast for interest rates for the second half of this year.  The fact is that we live in an interconnected world and the attempts by central bankers to look at the economic conditions within a ... Show More

In the wake of the Great Financial Crisis, the work of John Maynard Keynes experienced a revival, as people sought answers to the problem of sluggish growth. In this cycle, sluggish growth isn't the problem. If anything, you hear business leaders and central bankers talking about ... Show More

Right now, there's a lot of hope and optimism that the US economy is on a path towards a soft landing. Nonetheless, there are aspects of the current landscape that are unsettling. Inflation has come down, but there's significant debate as to why and how sustainable that move is. ... Show More