# 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 1786 views

# podcast

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 1300 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 570 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 1198 views

# podcast

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 1208 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 1145 views

# Interviews

EU is prepared for deal with UK

My immediate reactions to the UK election on Bloomberg...

13th December 2019 by Guntram Wolff 1207 views

# podcast

Appellate body politics

This week, the WTO’s Appellate Body, the dispute settlement body, became inoperational: it no longer has the necessary number of judges to render verdicts. What does this mean for international trade and multilater...

12th December 2019 by Guntram Wolff 1559 views

# Interviews

Schöne neue Arbeitswelt, Interviews für die Handelszeitung.ch

Mein Podcast Interview für die Schweizer Handelszeitung ist hier. Und hier ein Interview für die Handelszeitung....

11th December 2019 by Guntram Wolff 1097 views

# podcast

The Belt and Road anxiety

Is the Belt and Road initiative a global development plan or is it just a trade project? How concerned should the international community be with what is called the “project of the century”? This week, Guntra...

6th December 2019 by Guntram Wolff 1151 views