Interview on þjóðbraut on Hringbraut

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Low vol strategies 8 May 2020
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Financial crises and epidemics 19 April 2020
Hayek and Corona 17 April 2020
Hayek et Corona 17 April 2020
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Artificial intelligence as a central banker 6 March 2020
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Central banks and reputation risk 6 August 2019
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The McNamara fallacy in financial policymaking 1 June 2018
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Finance is not engineering 22 September 2017
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Brexit and systemic risk 31 May 2017
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Learning from history at LQG 13 April 2017
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Competing Brexit visions 25 February 2017
Systemic consequences of Brexit 23 February 2017
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Greece on Sprengisandur 12 July 2015
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Capital controls 12 May 2015
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Bonus incensed 25 May 2009
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Modelling financial turmoil through endogenous risk 11 March 2009
Financial regulation built on sand: The myth of the riskometer 1 March 2009
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Interview on þjóðbraut on Hringbraut

21 May 2016

I was interviewed on the new programme þjóðbraut on the Icelandic TV station Hringbraut. Only if you speak Icelandic.

Interview