Risk. Information. Noise
Did bankers understand uncertainty better before financial models?In this episode we explore a question at the heart of finance: what is risk, really? Long before VaR models, stress tests, and algorit...
27 Huhti 40min
Hitler’s Debt
How post-war finance remade Europe.In this episode, host Carmen Hofmann speaks with historian Tobias Straumann about his book Hitler’s Debt and the financial decisions that shaped Europe’s post-war re...
18 Marras 202541min
Histories of Finance and Politics
Hugo Bänziger (Chairman of eabh) and Manfred Pohl (founder of eabh) come together for a rare conversation between two of the most experienced banking historians. They explore key milestones in Germany...
1 Syys 202530min
Capital in Banking
Capital Matters: Banking, Risk, and HistoryIn this episode, Carmen Hofmann (eabh) speaks with Simon Amrein (Lucerne) about the role of capital in banking—past and present. They explore how banks have ...
7 Heinä 202538min
Single Currency
In this episode of 'Finance and History', Hugo Bänziger talks to Olli Rehn, Governor of the Bank of Finland, at the eabh annual conference. Together, they unpack the euro’s historic roots, from the La...
25 Kesä 202535min
Capitalism, Populism, Democracy
In this episode, we dive into how rising populism is reshaping capitalism and democracy. With Stefan Hofrichter (AllianzGI) Hans-Jörg Naumer (Allianz GI)—authors of Capitalism, Populism and Democracy—...
21 Touko 202539min
Canvas and Capital
Is art a safe investment in times of war?In this episode, Kim Oosterlinck (General Director of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium) and Carmen Hofmann (eabh) dive into the little-known yet fasci...
16 Huhti 202523min
