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    Social Europe Podcast

    The mission of Social Europe (SE) is to strengthen democracy by finding and discussing solutions to the most pressing political, economic and social issues of our time. We use the values of freedom, sustainability and equality as the foundation on which we examine society's most pressing challenges. We are committed to publishing cutting-edge thinking and new ideas from the most thought-provoking people. Our in-depth analyses and constructive proposals seek to link policy-making to wider societal concerns. It is our goal to promote progressive societies, sustainable economies and responsible business.
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    Pasi Sahlberg: lessons from Finnish education

    Pasi Sahlberg: lessons from Finnish education
    Around the world, education 'reforms' have made schooling more market-mimicking and competitive, rendering education a 'club good' for the better off. Finland shows how treating education as a public good and teachers as autonomous professionals brings better student performance overall, without intrusive and expensive inspection.
    Social Europe Podcast
    enFebruary 07, 2022

    Philipp Ther: The Outsiders

    Philipp Ther: The Outsiders
    Philipp Ther, professor of central-European history at the University of Vienna and director of its Research Centre for the History of Transformations, talks to Robin Wilson of Social Europe about how societies which show hospitality to refugees in the long run benefit from their openness. Prof Ther is author of The Outsiders: Refugees in Europe Since 1492 (Princeton University Press).

    Social Europe Talk: Financing the EU Budget and the Recovery Plan

    Social Europe Talk: Financing the EU Budget and the Recovery Plan
    Listen to the latest episode of Social Europe Talk on the politics surrounding the negotiations of the EU's next multiannual financial framework and the Recovery Plan. The show, hosted by Social Europe's editor Robin Wilson, brought together Margarida Marques (Member of the European Parliament and co-rapporteur on the MFF), Kimmo Kiljunen (Member of the Grand Committee at the Parliament of Finland) and Miguel Costa Matos (Member of the Portuguese National Parliament and rapporteur on Own Resources). The show was organised in cooperation with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Europe office.
    Social Europe Podcast
    enJuly 15, 2020

    Gabriel Zucman: The Triumph of Injustice

    Gabriel Zucman: The Triumph of Injustice
    Listen to Social Europe Editor-in-Chief Henning Meyer in conversation with Gabriel Zucman. They discuss wealth and income inequality as well as potential policy solution to address the widening gap between rich and poor. Gabriel Zucman is the Director of the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Center on Wealth and Income Inequality at the University of California at Berkeley. He received his PhD in 2013 from the Paris School of Economics and taught at the London School of Economics before joining the Berkeley faculty in 2015. You might also find our regular articles, blogs and other written publications of interest. Just visit our website www.socialeurope.eu to read our latest output. If you want to stay up-to-date with all things Social Europe just sign up to our regular newsletter. You can do so on our website.

    Friederike Otto: How is Climate Change affecting our Weather?

    Friederike Otto: How is Climate Change affecting our Weather?
    Listen to Social Europe Editor-in-Chief Henning Meyer in conversation with Friederike Otto. They discuss man-made climate change and its impact on weather events as well as potential policy reactions to deal with the threat. Friederike Otto is the Acting Director of the Environmental Change Institute and an Associate Professor in the Global Climate Science Programme at the University of Oxford. She leads several projects understanding the impacts of man-made climate change on natural and social systems. You might also find our regular articles, blogs and other written publications of interest. Just visit our website www.socialeurope.eu to read our latest output. If you want to stay up-to-date with all things Social Europe just sign up to our regular newsletter. You can do so on our website.

    David Webber: The Rise of the Working Class Shareholder

    David Webber: The Rise of the Working Class Shareholder
    Listen to Social Europe Editor-in-Chief Henning Meyer in conversation with David Webber. They discuss the potential (institutional) power of working class shareholders and how this power could be used to further working class interests. David Webber is Associate Dean for Intellectual Life and Professor of Law at Boston University Law School. You might also find our regular articles, blogs and other written publications of interest. Just visit our website www.socialeurope.eu to read our latest output. If you want to stay up-to-date with all things Social Europe just sign up to our regular newsletter. You can do so on our website.

    Kimberly Clausing: The Progressive Case for Free Trade and Immigration

    Kimberly Clausing: The Progressive Case for Free Trade and Immigration
    Listen to Social Europe Editor-in-Chief Henning Meyer in conversation with Kimberly Clausing. They discuss the progressive case for free trade and immigration. Kimberly Clausing is the Thormund Miller and Walter Mintz Professor of Economics at Reed College, where she teaches international trade, international finance, and public finance. Her research studies the taxation of multinational firms. You might also find our regular articles, blogs and other written publications of interest. Just visit our website www.socialeurope.eu to read our latest output. If you want to stay up-to-date with all things Social Europe just sign up to our regular newsletter. You can do so on our website.
    Social Europe Podcast
    enJanuary 14, 2020

    Sarah Kessler: Understanding the Gig Economy

    Sarah Kessler: Understanding the Gig Economy
    Listen to Social Europe Editor-in-Chief Henning Meyer in conversation with Branko Milanovic. They discuss the evolution of capitalism, inequality and technology based on Branko's new book "Capitalism, Alone" published by Harvard University Press. Branko Milanovic is one of the world's leading experts on inequality. He is a visiting presidential professor at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and an affiliated senior scholar at the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS). He also teaches at the London School of Economics and the Barcelona Institute for International Studies. If you like our podcast you might also find our regular articles, blogs and other written publications of interest. Just visit our website https://www.socialeurope.eu to read our latest output. If you want to stay up-to-date with all things Social Europe just sign up to our regular newsletter. You can do so on our website.

    Social Europe Talk: Towards a Just Transition

    Social Europe Talk: Towards a Just Transition
    Listen to the eighth episode of Social Europe Talk recorded in the European Parliament in Brussels. The topic of this discussion is the "just transition" and how it could be brought about. Social Europe Editor-in-Chief Henning Meyer is joined by Montserrat Mir of the Just Transition Centre of the ITUC, Stanislas Jourdan from Positive Money and Spanish MEP Javi Lopez. If you like our podcast you might also find our regular articles, blogs and other written publications of interest. Just visit our website https://www.socialeurope.eu to read our latest output. If you want to stay up-to-date with all things Social Europe just sign up to our regular newsletter. You can do so on our website.

    Branko Milanovic: Why we are all Capitalists now!

    Branko Milanovic: Why we are all Capitalists now!
    Listen to Social Europe Editor-in-Chief Henning Meyer in conversation with Branko Milanovic. They discuss the evolution of capitalism, inequality and technology based on Branko's new book "Capitalism, Alone" published by Harvard University Press. Branko Milanovic is one of the world's leading experts on inequality. He is a visiting presidential professor at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and an affiliated senior scholar at the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS). He also teaches at the London School of Economics and the Barcelona Institute for International Studies. If you like our podcast you might also find our regular articles, blogs and other written publications of interest. Just visit our website https://www.socialeurope.eu to read our latest output. If you want to stay up-to-date with all things Social Europe just sign up to our regular newsletter. You can do so on our website.

    Philippe Pochet: Social Europe and the European Commission

    Philippe Pochet: Social Europe and the European Commission
    Listen to Social Europe Editor-in Chief Henning Meyer in conversation with Philippe Pochet. They discuss the social policy record of the Juncker Commission and what one should expect from the new one. Philippe Pochet is the Director General of the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI). You might also find our regular articles, blogs and other written publications of interest. Just visit our website https://www.socialeurope.eu to read our latest output. If you want to stay up-to-date with all things Social Europe just sign up to our regular newsletter. You can do so on our website.

    Katharina Pistor: The Code of Capital

    Katharina Pistor: The Code of Capital
    Listen to Social Europe Editor-in-Chief Henning Meyer in conversation with Katharina Pistor. They discuss "The Code of Capital - How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality", the topic of Pistor's most recent book published by Princeton University Press. Katharina Pistor is the Edwin B. Parker Professor of Comparative Law at Columbia Law School and Director of the Law School’s Center on Global Legal Transformation. Her research and teaching spans corporate law, corporate governance, money and finance, property rights, and comparative law and legal institutions. If you like our podcast you might also find our regular articles, blogs and other written publications of interest. Just visit our website https://www.socialeurope.eu to read our latest output. If you want to stay up-to-date with all things Social Europe just sign up to our regular newsletter. You can do so on our website.

    Guy Standing: The Plunder of the Commons

    Guy Standing: The Plunder of the Commons
    Listen to Social Europe Editor-in-Chief Henning Meyer in conversation with Guy Standing. They discuss the plunder of the commons and ways to share public wealth, the topic of Guy Standing's most recent book published by Pelican Books. Guy Standing is a British professor of Development Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, and co-founder of the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN). If you like our podcast you might also find our regular articles, blogs and other written publications of interest. Just visit our website www.socialeurope.eu to read our latest output. If you want to stay up-to-date with all things Social Europe just sign up to our regular newsletter. You can do so on our website.

    Cas Mudde: How to deal with the Far Right?

    Cas Mudde: How to deal with the Far Right?
    Listen to Social Europe Editor-in Chief Henning Meyer in discussion with Cas Mudde. They discuss the anatomy of the far right and far right populism and what progressive actors can do to counter the far right. Cas Mudde is the Stanley Wade Shelton UGAF Professor of International Affairs at the University of Georgia, a columnist for The Guardian newspaper and a world-leading expert on populism and the far right. If you like our podcast you might also find our regular articles, blogs and other written publications of interest. Just visit our website www.socialeurope.eu to read our latest output. If you want to stay up-to-date with all things Social Europe just sign up to our regular newsletter. You can do so on our website.

    David Bach: Why Companies have to be Political

    David Bach: Why Companies have to be Political
    Listen to Social Europe Editor-in Chief Henning Meyer in discussion with David Bach. They discuss the changing nature of the business - social stakeholder relationship and why companies have to be political as a result of this change. David Bach is Deputy Dean for Executive Programs and Professor in the Practice of Management at Yale School of Management. An expert in political economy, his research and teaching focus on business-government relations, non-market strategy and global market regulation.  If you like our podcast you might also find our regular articles, blogs and other written publications of interest. Just visit our website www.socialeurope.eu to read our latest output. If you want to stay up-to-date with all things Social Europe just sign up to our regular newsletter. You can do so on our website. 
    Social Europe Podcast
    enJuly 28, 2019

    Diane Coyle: The Technology Challenge to Public Policy

    Diane Coyle: The Technology Challenge to Public Policy
    Listen to Social Europe Editor in Chief Henning Meyer in discussion with Diane Coyle. They discuss the development of technology and what challenges it poses to economics as a discipline and public policy more widely. Diane Coyle is the Bennett Professor of Public Policy at the University of Cambridge and was previously Professor of Economics at the University of Manchester. She has held a number of public service roles including Vice Chair of the BBC Trust (2006-2014), member of the Competition Commission (2001-2009), and member of the Migration Advisory Committee (2009-2014). You might also find our regular articles, blogs and other written publications of interest. Just visit our website www.socialeurope.eu to read our latest output. If you want to stay up-to-date with all things Social Europe just sign up to our regular newsletter. You can do so on our website. 
    Social Europe Podcast
    enJuly 18, 2019