SSE Riga Professor Arnis Sauka, who is also Chair of the State Competitiveness Commission, discussed topics such as the challenges facing the national airline airBaltic, the ban on disposable e-cigarettes from 2025 in Latvia, and ideas for addressing high food prices.

The conversation also touched on Latvia's efforts to keep pace with neighboring countries, ongoing struggles against the shadow economy and bureaucracy in public administration, and the Ministry of Economics' recent introduction of a tool, "Desktime," for monitoring workplace activity. For example, Professor Arnis Sauka emphasized the importance of strategic approaches to productivity and raised critical points about the balance between monitoring and meaningful performance outcomes.

Watch the episode on the TV3 portal here or on YouTube here.