As the year draws to a close, Giuseppe Porcaro invites Maria Demertzis, André Sapir and Guntram Wolff to review this eventful year in economic policy and beyond. The guests also talk about a book that has marked them this year and finally, their hopes and wishes for the decade ahead.

Monetary policy after the pandemic, with Janet Yellen

Together for Europe’s recovery and for a better, more sovereign Europe, with Olaf Scholz

The green deal: Europe’s growth strategy, with Frans Timmermans

Zuboff, S. (2019) The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power, PublicAffairs, New York.

Carreyrou, J. (2018) Bad blood: Secrets and Liies in a Silicon Valley Startup, Knopf, New York.

Aral, S. (2020) The Hype Machine: How Social Media Disrupts Our Elections, Our economy, And Our Health–And How We Must Adapt ,New York Currency, New York.

Bratton, B. H. (2016) The Stack: On Software and Sovereignty ,MIT Press, Massachusetts.