Finance & History

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 Des 202146min

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 Des 202132min

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 Nov 202141min

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 Okt 202140min

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 Sep 202135min

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 Sep 202121min

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 Sep 202145min

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 Aug 202136min