{"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":"First assessment of China's 15th Five-Year Plan","slug":"first-assessment-of-china-s-15th-five-year-plan","published_at":"2026-03-13T13:01:40+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-sound-of-economics-1025540/first-assessment-of-china-s-15th-five-year-plan","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-sound-of-economics-1025540","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8873569","audio_url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8873569.mp3?modified=1773407387&sid=4903959&source=rss","summary":"On 12 March 2026, China approved its 15th Five-Year Plan, setting the country's economic and strategic direction through 2030. In this episode of The Sound of Economics, Yuyun Zhan and Alicia García-Herrero sit down with Bert Hofman for a first assessment of the plan. They discuss its key priorities — from industrial policy and export-led technology growth to social policy and redistribution — and examine what Beijing's new blueprint means for the European economy. 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":"On 12 March 2026, China approved its 15th Five-Year Plan, setting the country's economic and strategic direction through 2030. In this episode of The Soun…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1868,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-sound-of-economics-1025540/episodes/first-assessment-of-china-s-15th-five-year-plan/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/first-assessment-of-china-s-15th-five-year-plan.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}