Taking Stock

Patrick Honohan, former governor of the Central Bank of Ireland, economist, and Honorary Professor at the Department of Economics, Trinity College Dublin joined Vincent to discuss the Euro's economic outlook following a ruling by the German Constitutional Court which could potentially damage confidence in the ECB's ability to manage the region’s economic recovery, and together look at the impact such high levels of borrowing might spell for the Irish economy in the years ahead.

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Discussing the continuing tensions within the EU between North and South and how difficult it will be to agree to ongoing aid as part of the EU multi-year budgeting process, Vincent was joined by Ferdinando Giugliano who covers the European Economy for Bloomberg.

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David Blood, co-founder and Senior Partner of Generation Investment Management joined Vincent to discuss the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors involved in considering investment and the emergence of corporate sustainability as a significant driver for business and investment.

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Discussing the future of the aviation sector; Vincent is joined by Declan Ryan co-founder of Ryanair, now managing partner of Irelandia Aviation which is invested in low-cost carriers from Mexico to Malaysia, and Executive Chairman of Viva Air with significant operations in South America. 

Assessing the impact on the US Economy is Alan Ahearne Director of the Whitaker Institute and Professor of Economics at NUI Galway. Alan also spent 7 years working in the Fed advising a number of its Chair’s including Ben Bernanke.

And from Brazil we hear from Sam Cowie journalist in  São Paulo working with The Guardian, BBC and others.

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Adam Tooze, economic historian based at Columbia University, New York and author of 'Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World' joined Vincent to discuss the profound affect the coronavirus crisis has had on the global financial system and together look at how the current crisis might be used as a means of assessing where we could be headed in the coming years.

Vincent was then joined by David Enrich, Business Investigations Editor with the New York Times and author of 'Dark Towers: Deutsche Bank, Donald Trump, and an Epic Trail of Destruction' to discuss the murky past of Deutsche Bank and its involvement in various scandals in recent decades.

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Elliot Hentov, Head of Policy Research with the Global Macro Policy Research team at State Street Global Advisors joined Vincent to discuss the effect the Covid-19 crisis is having on the global oil market and the growing tension between leading oil producers such as Saudi Arabia, the United States, and Russia.

Vincent was also joined by Gerard McDonough, PwC People amp; Organisation leader to discuss the implications for organisations amp; their employees amid the current crisis and how it might accelerate an already changing working landscape.

Marvin Suesse, Assistant Professor in Economics at TCD spoke to Vincent about the growth of economic nationalism and what that might mean when it comes to dealing with, and recovering from, the current Covid-19 crisis.

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Michael O'Sullivan, economist and author of 'Ireland and the Global Question' amp; 'The Levelling: What's Next After Globalisation' joins Vincent to discuss the radical measures different governments across the world have implemented in the midst of the Covid-19 crisis and the possible change they might bring in the years to come when it comes to attitudes towards government intervention, corporate governance, and the very nature of social contracts.

Oliver Holmes, Jerusalem Correspondent for the Guardian joins Vincent to discuss how Covid-19 has been dealt with in Israel, and look at the social, cultural, and political affects the crisis has had on the country.

Vincent then spoke to Leo Austin, Senior Advisor at The China Center for Economics amp; Business, The Conference Board to discuss what things are like in China now since the restrictions on the movement of people have been relaxed.

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Gillian Tett, Chair of the Editorial Board and Editor-at-Large of the Financial Times in the US joined Vincent to talk about what life is like in New York amid the widespread restrictions on the movement of people on both a state and city level, and discuss whether now might actually be the best time to conduct the 2020 US Census.

Vincent then speaks to Mumbai Bureau Chief at Bloomberg, Jeanette Rodrigues, about he measures being implemented in India amid the Covid-19 crisis and discuss the logistical obstacles the Indian government faces as it moves to protect its 1.4 billion inhabitants.

Finally, Michael Kinch, the director of Washington University’s Centers for Research Innovation in Biotechnology and Drug Discovery joins Vincent to discuss the ongoing efforts to find a vaccine for Covid-19.

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Lorenzo Codogno, visiting Professor at the London School of Economics and previously chief economist in the Treasury Department of the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance joins Vincent to discuss the Eurozone's initial response to the rapid spread of Covid-19 in Italy and together look at what might be done to aid Italy on both a humanitarian and economic level.

Vincent is then joined by Dr Yu Jie, Senior Research Fellow on China at Chatham House to discuss the possible motivations behind China positioning itself as a helpful world leader in this time of crisis.

Sir Angus Deaton, Nobel Prize winning economist and co-author of 'Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism' joins Vincent to discuss why in the past two decades, deaths from suicide, drug overdose, and alcoholism have risen dramatically in the United States and attempt to shed light on the socioeconomic forces that are making life harder for working class Americans as a whole.

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Vincent is joined by Simon Kuper, author and columnist with the Financial Times from Paris to discuss the social and economic impact the spread of Covid-19 is having on the EU and Eurozone and what the recovery will require.

Arthur Sullivan, journalist with Deutsche Welle, speaks to Vincent from Berlin about the reaction of Angela Merkle and Germany to the ongoing Covid-19 crisis.

Mark Little, founder of Kinzen and Storyful, former Managing Director at Twitter Ireland addresses the role social and public media platforms play in the dissemination of verifiable, trustworthy information and how the media industry is likely to be affected.

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