Can EVERYTHING Change And Still Become Better for Europe?

European citizens feel that the world is changing (often too) fast. From climate, technology, geopolitics to fundamentally changing demographics. But change no longer feels like progress. It feels very unsettling and risky. What if the problem isn’t change itself, but how we’re facing it? In this episode of Dranaissance, we sit down with Professor Koen Schoors. Professor Schoors is a Belgian renowned economist, Professor of Economics at Ghent University, and one of Europe’s most respected public intellectuals. Author of the timely and bold book Alles wordt anders en beter (“Everything Will Change — And It Can Still Be Better”), Koen delivers a refreshingly realistic yet remarkable optimistic roadmap for navigating today’s crises and turning them into genuine European strength. We explore the hard but necessary shifts Europe must make: • Why “everything will change” and how to make it better • More correct prices: Making the invisible visible with ETS, CBAM & carbon pricing • How to adjust prices fairly without hurting the vulnerable • Deglobalization and regionalisation: The “valleys” analogy and Europe’s place in a fragmenting world • The deeper meaning of sustainability, the circular economy and why it’s essential for Europe's strategic autonomy • Demographics: Europe’s aging population as both challenge and opportunity • Patient capital, innovation, lifelong learning & migration in a shrinking workforce • War, trade wars, sanctions & the return of power politics: wake-up calls for Europe This conversation connects better prices, regionalised globalisation, circular industry, and demographic realism into a new vision of European progress: one grounded in realism, sound economic theory, not wishful thinking. If you care about Europe’s industrial rebirth, competitiveness with soul, and a future that is different (and still better) this episode is a must-watch. Guest: Professor Koen Schoors Author of Alles wordt anders en beter Order it: https://www.borgerhoff-lamberigts.be/shop/boeken/alles-wordt-anders?variant=95524&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=23663468796&gbraid=0AAAAABSYDgxyGs1BI9zpuxoDFmgHXEXdM&gclid=CjwKCAjwidXQBhAZEiwA4egw6Ca2ucd-7Id7FUFM-eKLZfDx-tZAjVwbYFrjQBHVfwj-qqCx4wPn5BoCDdkQAvD_BwE Proud Sponsors: DraghiAI From CBAM to ETS, IRA to REACH to EUDR — regulatory shifts are coming faster than ever. DraghiAI converts every regulatory change into a CFO-grade decision before it…