How to make a business out of business history?
How do the Swedes do it? Here comes a straightforward conversation between Anders Sjöman (Stockholm) and Carmen Hofmann (eabh) about the Centre for Business History in Stockholm. The organisation pre...
14 Nov 202234min
The Dutch East India Company
Is it advisable to combine colonial warfare with trade? Private interests with state interests for business? A talk about early modern risk management, the birth of corporate finance and corporate g...
21 Sep 202231min
Hyperinflation
Hyperinflation as a catalyst for transformation? Nathan Marcus (Ben Gurion University in Beer Sheva) & Carmen Hofmann (eabh) discuss the extreme acceleration of inflation and its consequences at the ...
5 Aug 202238min
Currency & War
Are all wars fought for money? Kevin Clancy (Royal Mint London) & Carmen Hofmann (eabh) in conversation about 500 years of experience with currency in Britain. Kevin reveals some extraordinary cases ...
13 Jun 202238min
The Louisiana Purchase
A story of empires, of financing war and risk and reward in uncertain times. Larry Neal (Illinois) & Carmen Hofmann (eabh) in conversation about the underrated role of individuals in financial histor...
30 Mai 202242min
The Public Banks of Naples
Is there good beyond profit? Lilia Costabile (University of Naples) and Carmen Hofmann (eabh) take a long view back at the creation and functioning of the Public Banks of Naples in the 16th century. ...
25 Mar 202234min
Gentlemen Bankers
In their talk about Gentlemen Bankers, Susie Pak (St.John's University) & Carmen Hofmann (eabh) focus on the social and economic circles of one of America's most renowned and influential financiers: J...
18 Mar 202240min
Inflation
Are we back to the inflationary environment of the 1970s? During these tumultuous times of post covid recovery, unprecedented monetary policies, and the War in Ukraine, Thomas Mayer (Flossbach von Sto...
11 Mar 20221h 9min
