From bazooka to backstop - the political economy of standing swap facilities
Together with Lea Steininger, I published this paper in Cambridge Journal of Economics. The paper explores decision making by central bankers as they grapple with limited agency in supporting the s...
Young journalists should be reporters, else AI will kill their jobs
It is a strange time to begin a career in journalism: Vice - the media company I grew up with - just went out of business, layoffs have been gripping the industry for years and now AI is further se...
Peach Cobbler Stake Taco
Die Feinheiten einer Gesellschaft verbergen sich ja meist in dem Unausgesprochenen, in den Zwischenräumen, die für die Gesellschaft so allgegenwärtig sind, dass sie für Mitglieder dieser Gesellscha...
DW - Video - Louisiana Insurance Crisis
Natural disasters are sending insurance rates skyrocketing in many US coastal areas. Follow me to the south of Louisiana where the ongoing insurance crisis may force people to leave home.
DW - US ammunition factories working overtime to supply Ukraine
DW was granted rare access to one of just two US factories working overtime to keep up with soaring Ukrainian demand for weapons, the Ammunition Plant in Scranton, Pennsylvania. I went and saw shel...
DW - How company profits are keeping prices high
Supply chain bottlenecks and the war in Ukraine caused inflation to soar. Now, policymakers are pointing to high corporate profits as another driver of increased consumer prices. Will governments i...
DW - Studio talks SVB and ECB rate hikes
May gave me some studio time as the US regional bank SVB collapsed amongst rate increases of central banks globally. For me, studio time is explanation time: Most people don’t deal with finance stu...
DW - What Silicon Valley Bank's collapse means for Europeans
After the fall of SVB and New York-based Signature Bank, US authorities took decisive measures to prevent any possible contagion. But the factors that fueled their downfall are keeping Europeans on...
DW - Instagram - Record profits for big oil
News-carousel (9 pictures) for dw-instagram: Pushes for big oil to invest in renewables. Original interview with Mark van Daal (Follow This) and data visualization of profits/oil price. Si...