Mythbusters: debunking economic myths

<div>Economics seems to be full of myths that are hard to debunk. Will robots take our jobs? Are trade deficits bad? Is China such a big economy simply because of the size of its population? This week, Nicholas Barrett, Maria Demertzis, Marta Domínguez-Jímenez and Niclas Poitiers put on the detective cap and become Bruegel's own economic mythbusters.<br> <br> Disclaimer: this podcast was recorded on the 3rd of March 2020, before the COVID-19 lockdown was put in place in Europe and the US. Hence, some parts of it are no longer applicable. <br> <br> <em>This podcast is a member of the </em><a href="https://www.bullemedia.eu/europod"><em>Europod network</em></a><em>.</em> </div>