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
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
Banco do Brasil
In this episode, Sebastian Alvarez (Universidad Adolfo Ibañez) & Carmen Hofmann (eabh) explore the powerful role of the Brazilian state in shaping the country’s financial system—focusing on the fascin...
16 Huhti 202544min
