Culture and Ethics in Finance
Hugo Bänziger (eabh) and Walter Kielholz (Swiss Re), two leading figures in finance in the 1980s and 90s give true insights into the banking and insurance business in a period of change from nationali...
15 Joulu 202146min
Banco de Portugal
Filipe Fernandes (Banco de Portugal) & Carmen Hofmann (eabh) talk about the Bank of Portugal, modern Portuguese history, the vast extent of the Bank's archive and one of the most famous cases of finan...
6 Joulu 202132min
Monetary Unions
Hugo Bänziger (eabh) and Thomas Mayer (Flossbach von Storch Research Institute) discuss Monetary Unions from the Latin Currency Union to the European Monetary Union of today. Why are monetary unions c...
2 Marras 202141min
The World Bank Group
Carmen Hofmann (eabh) and April Miller (The World Bank Group) talk about archival material from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe and how to inspire history research. April gives fascinating insights into the ...
27 Loka 202140min
Sovereign Debt
Carmen Hofmann (eabh) and Christoph Trebesch (Kiel Institute) talk about Sovereign Debt in the 21st century. Trebesch argues that we see a continuous trend of debt crises without default, meaning tha...
22 Syys 202135min
Helicopter Money
Carmen Hofmann (eabh) and Donato Masciandaro (Bocconi) talk about pandemic recession, central banking and a radical idea that reemerges whenever economic conditions become critical. Can we find a hist...
7 Syys 202121min
Interest Rates
In this episode we discuss 700 years of interest rates. Together with Paul Schmelzing (Harvard/Bank of England) we will find out why interest rates are continuously declining since the Middle Ages an...
7 Syys 202145min
Bretton Woods
Hugo Bänziger (eabh) and Barry Eichengreen (Berkeley) look to the past and the future of the international monetary system. 15 August, 1971 marked the end of the Bretton Woods system, terminating the...
12 Elo 202136min
