SAFE Finance Blog

The time is limited to mitigate the possible consequences of climate change. In this interview, Holger Kraft talks about COP24 in Katowice, the strategy of the EU and the classification problem of green bonds

Jan Krahnen: One reason for criticizing Friedrich Merz is his work in the financial industry. This is unfair because more exchange between business and politics is needed

Oliver Hinz: Christine Lagarde recently argued for a Central Bank Digital Currency. Indeed, there are reasons why central banks should consider this option

Jan Pieter Krahnen: The tendency for loose financial regulation in the US is alarming. Europe should not follow

Alexander Ludwig: William Nordhaus and Paul Romer have established and shaped modern endogenous growth theory and environmental and climate economics

In this interview, Christian Schlag talks about the economic effects of climate change

Jan Pieter Krahnen: Financial institutions doing business in Europe would be better for the banking union and financial stability than nationally oriented banks

Tobias Tröger: Even ardent Europeans may learn a (limited) lesson as the court is willing to take a deeper look into the machine room of central banks' operations

Alexander Ludwig on the demonstrations in Chemnitz from an academic perspective

Andreas Hackethal: Better than a pension guarantee would be to allow citizens finally more insights

Alexander Ludwig: Financing a pension guarantee only possible through higher taxes that would unfairly burden younger workers

Jan Pieter Krahnen: Target imbalances should not be limited, but rather call for an institutional reform of the Eurozone