Co-host Michael Chui talks with economist Hans-Helmut Kotz who is a visiting professor of economics at Harvard University, a senior policy fellow at the Leibniz Institute for financial research at Goethe University, Frankfurt, and on the economics faculty of Freiburg University. Kotz covers topics including the following:
Parallels between the 2007–09 global financial crisis and today’s financial turbulence.
The balance that banking regulators need to strike to protect the economy but encourage innovation.
Being prepared by taking eclectic perspectives.

<p>Co-host Michael Chui talks with economist Hans-Helmut Kotz who is a visiting professor of economics at Harvard University, a senior policy fellow at the Leibniz Institute for financial research at Goethe University, Frankfurt, and on the economics faculty of Freiburg University. Kotz covers topics including the following:</p>
<ul>
<li>Parallels between the 2007–09 global financial crisis and today’s financial turbulence.</li>
<li>The balance that banking regulators need to strike to protect the economy but encourage innovation.</li>
<li>Being prepared by taking eclectic perspectives.</li>
</ul>

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In this episode of Forward Thinking, economist Hans-Helmut Kotz discusses parallels between the global financial crisis and today’s financial turbulence.

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