Take aging populations, add low birth rates, and you have a shrinking workforce and skills gaps that risk hampering economic growth.

How governments can help address these impacts is the topic of discussion in this episode, hosted by Tim Smith. Rosalin Acosta, National Practice Leader for Labor and Workforce Development, Ernst & Young LLP, and Dr. Carlo Chiattelli PhD, EY People Consulting Leader for EU Institutions, share insights from their geographies. They also discuss how aligning education better with workforce opportunities, as well as with artificial intelligence (AI), could help governments close the gap between supply and demand for labor.

Government Risk Radar is a mini-series that provides expert insights and practical strategies to help government and public sector leaders tackle an evolving risk landscape. It accompanies the EY report on the top 10 risks for the sector in 2025, which you can download as a PDF or listen to in audio format here.

In this episode, Oliver Jones, EY Global Geostrategy Leader, and Jan Kallmorgen, Senior Partner, EY Strategy and Transactions, explore how governments can manage geopolitical complexity with host Tim Smith.

They discuss the factors driving the current complexities and the unique role of governments as they both act in, and are affected by, that environment. They also suggest strategies for mitigating cyber and supply chain risk while encouraging future investment. And Oliver explains why, when it comes to sustainability, geopolitics could keep driving change for the better.

Government Risk Radar is a mini-series that provides expert insights and practical strategies to help government and public sector leaders tackle an evolving risk landscape. It accompanies the EY report on the top 10 risks for the sector in 2025, which you can download as a PDF or listen to in audio format here.

How can governments keep their finances sustainable in a world of high public debt, rising interest rates and persistent inflation? By shifting their focus from inputs (expenditure) to impacts (public value) — and by viewing themselves as drivers of growth and potential growth.

That’s the big message of this episode, in which Mark MacDonald, EY Global Public Finance Management Leader, and Gregory Daco, EY-Parthenon Chief Economist, Ernst & Young LLP, discuss all things public money with host Tim Smith. You’ll also learn the three supply-side factors governments should focus on, and when increasing spending could be more effective than making cuts.

Government Risk Radar is a mini-series that provides expert insights and practical strategies to help government and public sector leaders tackle an evolving risk landscape. It accompanies the EY report on the top 10 risks for the sector in 2025, which you can download as a PDF or listen to in audio format here