{"podcast":{"title":"The Sound of Economics","slug":"the-sound-of-economics-1025540","podcast_index_feed_id":1025540,"rss_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/4903959.rss","website_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/4903959","image_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/40566693/s=1400x1400/el=1/rt=fill.png","author":"Bruegel","episode_count":466,"summary":"The Sound of Economics brings you insights, debates, and research-based discussions on economic policy in Europe and beyond. The podcast is produced by Bruegel, an independent and non-doctrinal think tank based in Brussels. It seeks to contribute to European and global economic policy-making through open, fact-based, and policy-relevant research, analysis, and debate.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-17T18:20:26.391725+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-sound-of-economics-1025540"},"episode":{"title":"China’s financial system: big, powerful and still state-run","slug":"china-s-financial-system-big-powerful-and-still-state-run","published_at":"2026-02-18T11:21:26+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-sound-of-economics-1025540/china-s-financial-system-big-powerful-and-still-state-run","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-sound-of-economics-1025540","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8862656","audio_url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8862656.mp3?modified=1771413810&sid=4903959&source=rss","summary":"China’s banking sector has expanded from a fragile, state-dominated system in the 1990s into the largest in the world. But this increased scale has not brought with it a shift toward market-driven finance, with the core logic of state-directed control over credit remaining a central feature of Chinese banking. In this episode of The Sound of Economics, Yuyun Zhan sits down with Alicia García-Herrero and Fraser Howie to examine how banks continue to serve state priorities, funnelling household savings into politically favoured sectors while sustaining local governments and state-owned firms. This episode is part of the ZhōngHuá Mundus series of The Sound of Economics. ZhōngHuá Mundus is a newsletter by Bruegel, bringing you monthly analysis of China in the world, as seen from Europe. Sign up now to receive it in your mailbox!","meta_description":"China’s banking sector has expanded from a fragile, state-dominated system in the 1990s into the largest in the world. But this increased scale has not br…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1928,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-sound-of-economics-1025540/episodes/china-s-financial-system-big-powerful-and-still-state-run/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-sound-of-economics-1025540/china-s-financial-system-big-powerful-and-still-state-run.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}