# podcast

The EU’s plan to catch up on artificial intelligence

While the US and China have been setting the pace when it comes to Artificial Intelligence, the European Union seems to be lagging behind. What are the Commission’s plans to finally catch up? Will AI increase the g...

16th February 2020 by Guntram Wolff 1199 views

# Interviews

La démocratie allemande en danger?

J’ai participé au débat de Arnaud Ruyssen sur RTBF, La Trois. Pour élire le dirigeant de la région de Thuringe, une alliance inédite a été scellée entre les dirigeants locaux de la CDU, l’Union chrétienne-dém...

12th February 2020 by Guntram Wolff 1133 views

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# Publications

From climate change to cyber-attacks: incipient financial-stability risks for the euro area

The European Central Bank’s November 2019 Financial Stability Review highlighted the risks to growth in an environment of global uncertainty. On the whole, the ECB report is comprehensive and covers the main risks to eur...

7th February 2020 by Guntram Wolff 1373 views

# podcast

The science of Brexit

Michael Leigh, Maria Demertzis and I discuss the future of EU-UK relations. Our special focus on future collaboration in research and development exemplifies how tricky it will be to reach an agreement....

30th January 2020 by Guntram Wolff 1235 views

# Blog, Interviews

Europe’s banking union must be cyberproofed

This opinion piece was published in Politico Nikkei Veritas, Corriere della Sera and Kathimerini. When European leaders, back in 2012, embarked on an ambitious plan to create a truly pan-continental financial system, the...

30th January 2020 by Guntram Wolff 1722 views

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AI in Europe: a conversation with Google’s CEO

This week, I talked to Google and Alphabet’s CEO, Sundar Pichai. We focused on AI, why and how it should be regulated and on whether we should worry about big companies like google. And many other things: listen in...

23rd January 2020 by Guntram Wolff 1234 views

# Teaching

NYU – Financial Macroeconomics: Crises, Policies and their Aftermath

Guest lecture of 90 minutes in NYU-AD course of Natasha Valla Key Issue: What were the macro-financial drivers of the euro area crisis? What can be done to minimize the probability of a crisis? Which institutions have be...

5th January 2020 by Guntram Wolff 502 views

# Interviews

Looking ahead at 2020 on BBC

with Ragu Rajan and Meredith Crowley: Our interview for BBC World’s “In the Balance” is here. Meanwhile an extensive interview for key Korean newspaper Chosun here...

27th December 2019 by Guntram Wolff 1130 views

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Interviewing Magrethe Vestager on how competition policy helps “small” people, AI and the role of data and how industrial policy should evolve

Will AI exacerbate the gap between big companies and small ones? Do ordinary Europeans gain anything from having European tech giants? This week, Nicholas Barrett and Guntram Wolff went to the Berlaymont to interview Mar...

19th December 2019 by Guntram Wolff 1142 views

# podcast

Capture the nodes

How do states exercise power through global economic networks? The multilateral world order is supposed to be harmonious, but by seizing the nodes of production, powerful forces can control access to the global economic ...

16th December 2019 by Guntram Wolff 1079 views