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 Apr 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 Nov 202541min
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 Juli 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 Juni 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 Maj 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 Apr 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 Apr 202544min
