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Money and Payments: Evolution or Revolution? · Prof. Dr. Jörg Bibow (Research Seminar)

08 April 2025 @ Hertie School | The presentation will explore the evolving world of money and payments to provide a thorough assessment of the transformation that is occurring in global money and payment systems today.

Panel Discussion: “2024: The State of Financial Capitalism”, Berlin (16.01.2024)

This public roundtable brought together the authors of three recent political economy books to discuss their takes on the status quo of financial…

Artikel im Wirtschaftsdienst: Für eine Ausstattung des Energie- und Klimafonds mit Kreditermächtigungen

von Steffen Murau, Jan-Erik Thie Energiesicherheit und -unabhängigkeit sind der neue Imperativ nach dem von Wladimir Putin befohlenen Angriffskrieg…

Groundcheck 2022: Keynote at Aussenministerium by Manfred Laubichler

Groundcheck 2022: Prof. Dr. Manfred Laubichler - Global Futures - von der Erkenntnis zur Umsetzung Mitschnitt der internationalen Konferenz…

GCF publishes a comic book on Sustainable Mobility – Decision Theatre

Based on Decision Theatre events carried out in a science communication project awarded with the Ralf-Dahrendorf-Prize for the European Research…

First Symposium on the Cultures of Coastal Adaptation

The Adaptation and Social Learning group organized the first (virtual) Symposium on the Cultures of Coastal Adaptation that was held on the…

GCF publishes landmark report on financing public investments required by climate goals

For the first time, this report shows a realistic way to finance public climate investment, considering the critical example of Germany. Access…

How ecological Value Chains Can Help Societies Tackle the Coronavirus Crisis

The coronavirus pandemic has cast a spotlight on the vulnerability of global value chains. Sustainable value chains at the regional level could…

GCF @ European Week of Regions and Cities „Trusted Policy-Making in the Digital Era”, Brussels (07.-10.10.2019)

On 8 October 2019, Dr. Sarah Wolf, senior researcher in GCF’s Green Growth process, presented the „Decision Theatre – a process for communication, research, and decision support“ at the European Week of Regions and Cities...

Money and Payments: Evolution or Revolution? · Prof. Dr. Jörg Bibow (Research Seminar)

08 April 2025 @ Hertie School | The presentation will explore the evolving world of money and payments to provide a thorough assessment of the transformation that is occurring in global money and payment systems today.

Panel Discussion: “2024: The State of Financial Capitalism”, Berlin (16.01.2024)

This public roundtable brought together the authors of three recent political economy books to discuss their takes on the status quo of financial…

Artikel im Wirtschaftsdienst: Für eine Ausstattung des Energie- und Klimafonds mit Kreditermächtigungen

von Steffen Murau, Jan-Erik Thie Energiesicherheit und -unabhängigkeit sind der neue Imperativ nach dem von Wladimir Putin befohlenen Angriffskrieg…

Groundcheck 2022: Keynote at Aussenministerium by Manfred Laubichler

Groundcheck 2022: Prof. Dr. Manfred Laubichler - Global Futures - von der Erkenntnis zur Umsetzung Mitschnitt der internationalen Konferenz…

GCF publishes a comic book on Sustainable Mobility – Decision Theatre

Based on Decision Theatre events carried out in a science communication project awarded with the Ralf-Dahrendorf-Prize for the European Research…

First Symposium on the Cultures of Coastal Adaptation

The Adaptation and Social Learning group organized the first (virtual) Symposium on the Cultures of Coastal Adaptation that was held on the…

GCF publishes landmark report on financing public investments required by climate goals

For the first time, this report shows a realistic way to finance public climate investment, considering the critical example of Germany. Access…

How ecological Value Chains Can Help Societies Tackle the Coronavirus Crisis

The coronavirus pandemic has cast a spotlight on the vulnerability of global value chains. Sustainable value chains at the regional level could…

Money and Payments: Evolution or Revolution? · Prof. Dr. Jörg Bibow (Research Seminar)

08 April 2025 @ Hertie School | The presentation will explore the evolving world of money and payments to provide a thorough assessment of the transformation that is occurring in global money and payment systems today.

Panel Discussion: “2024: The State of Financial Capitalism”, Berlin (16.01.2024)

This public roundtable brought together the authors of three recent political economy books to discuss their takes on the status quo of financial…

Artikel im Wirtschaftsdienst: Für eine Ausstattung des Energie- und Klimafonds mit Kreditermächtigungen

von Steffen Murau, Jan-Erik Thie Energiesicherheit und -unabhängigkeit sind der neue Imperativ nach dem von Wladimir Putin befohlenen Angriffskrieg…

Groundcheck 2022: Keynote at Aussenministerium by Manfred Laubichler

Groundcheck 2022: Prof. Dr. Manfred Laubichler - Global Futures - von der Erkenntnis zur Umsetzung Mitschnitt der internationalen Konferenz…

GCF publishes a comic book on Sustainable Mobility – Decision Theatre

Based on Decision Theatre events carried out in a science communication project awarded with the Ralf-Dahrendorf-Prize for the European Research…

First Symposium on the Cultures of Coastal Adaptation

The Adaptation and Social Learning group organized the first (virtual) Symposium on the Cultures of Coastal Adaptation that was held on the…

GCF publishes landmark report on financing public investments required by climate goals

For the first time, this report shows a realistic way to finance public climate investment, considering the critical example of Germany. Access…

How ecological Value Chains Can Help Societies Tackle the Coronavirus Crisis

The coronavirus pandemic has cast a spotlight on the vulnerability of global value chains. Sustainable value chains at the regional level could…

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Latest Publications

OBFA-TRANSFORM Working Paper No. 5: Decoding Dollar Dominance. The Global Credit View on the Monetary System in International Political Economy

Steffen Murau and Herman Mark Schwartz

OBFA-TRANSFORM Working Paper No. 4: Rethinking Currency Internationalisation. Rethinking Currency Internationalisation. Offshore Money Creation and the EU’s Monetary Governance

Jens van't Klooster and Steffen Murau

Green Macro-Financial Governance in the European Monetary Architecture. Assessing the Capacity to Finance the Net-Zero Transition (Competition and Change)

Andrei Guter-Sandu, Armin Haas and Steffen Murau

OBFA-TRANSFORM Working Paper No. 3: Schrödinger’s Off-Balance-Sheet Fiscal Agency. The Recovery and Resilience Facility and the Limits to Incremental Fiscal Integration in Europe

Friederike Reimer, Andrei Guter-Sandu, Armin Haas and Steffen Murau

OBFA-TRANSFORM Working Paper No. 2: The Mefo Operation. A Macro-Financial Analysis of Camouflaged Sovereign Borrowing through Off-Balance-Sheet Fiscal Agencies, 1933-1945

Armin Haas, Friederike Reimer, Andrei Guter-Sandu and Steffen Murau

OBFA-TRANSFORM Working Paper No. 1: State Finance Beyond the Core Budget. Off-Balance-Sheet Fiscal Agencies in Germany’s Fiscal Ecosystem

Gregor Laudage, Armin Haas, Andrei Guter-Sandu and Steffen Murau

Forging Monetary Unification through Novation: The TARGET System and the Politics of Central Banking in Europe (Socio-Economic Review)

Steffen Murau and Matteo Giordano

Shadow Money in the History of Monetary Thought (Review of Political Economy)

Steffen Murau and Tobias Pforr

Towards a Public Sustainable Finance Paradigm for the Green Transition (Finance and Society)

Phillip Golka, Steffen Murau and Jan-Erik Thie

OBFA-TRANSFORM Working Paper No. 5: Decoding Dollar Dominance. The Global Credit View on the Monetary System in International Political Economy

Steffen Murau and Herman Mark Schwartz

OBFA-TRANSFORM Working Paper No. 4: Rethinking Currency Internationalisation. Rethinking Currency Internationalisation. Offshore Money Creation and the EU’s Monetary Governance

Jens van't Klooster and Steffen Murau

Green Macro-Financial Governance in the European Monetary Architecture. Assessing the Capacity to Finance the Net-Zero Transition (Competition and Change)

Andrei Guter-Sandu, Armin Haas and Steffen Murau

OBFA-TRANSFORM Working Paper No. 3: Schrödinger’s Off-Balance-Sheet Fiscal Agency. The Recovery and Resilience Facility and the Limits to Incremental Fiscal Integration in Europe

Friederike Reimer, Andrei Guter-Sandu, Armin Haas and Steffen Murau

OBFA-TRANSFORM Working Paper No. 2: The Mefo Operation. A Macro-Financial Analysis of Camouflaged Sovereign Borrowing through Off-Balance-Sheet Fiscal Agencies, 1933-1945

Armin Haas, Friederike Reimer, Andrei Guter-Sandu and Steffen Murau

OBFA-TRANSFORM Working Paper No. 1: State Finance Beyond the Core Budget. Off-Balance-Sheet Fiscal Agencies in Germany’s Fiscal Ecosystem

Gregor Laudage, Armin Haas, Andrei Guter-Sandu and Steffen Murau

Forging Monetary Unification through Novation: The TARGET System and the Politics of Central Banking in Europe (Socio-Economic Review)

Steffen Murau and Matteo Giordano

Shadow Money in the History of Monetary Thought (Review of Political Economy)

Steffen Murau and Tobias Pforr

OBFA-TRANSFORM Working Paper No. 5: Decoding Dollar Dominance. The Global Credit View on the Monetary System in International Political Economy

Steffen Murau and Herman Mark Schwartz

OBFA-TRANSFORM Working Paper No. 4: Rethinking Currency Internationalisation. Rethinking Currency Internationalisation. Offshore Money Creation and the EU’s Monetary Governance

Jens van't Klooster and Steffen Murau

Green Macro-Financial Governance in the European Monetary Architecture. Assessing the Capacity to Finance the Net-Zero Transition (Competition and Change)

Andrei Guter-Sandu, Armin Haas and Steffen Murau

OBFA-TRANSFORM Working Paper No. 3: Schrödinger’s Off-Balance-Sheet Fiscal Agency. The Recovery and Resilience Facility and the Limits to Incremental Fiscal Integration in Europe

Friederike Reimer, Andrei Guter-Sandu, Armin Haas and Steffen Murau

OBFA-TRANSFORM Working Paper No. 2: The Mefo Operation. A Macro-Financial Analysis of Camouflaged Sovereign Borrowing through Off-Balance-Sheet Fiscal Agencies, 1933-1945

Armin Haas, Friederike Reimer, Andrei Guter-Sandu and Steffen Murau

OBFA-TRANSFORM Working Paper No. 1: State Finance Beyond the Core Budget. Off-Balance-Sheet Fiscal Agencies in Germany’s Fiscal Ecosystem

Gregor Laudage, Armin Haas, Andrei Guter-Sandu and Steffen Murau

Forging Monetary Unification through Novation: The TARGET System and the Politics of Central Banking in Europe (Socio-Economic Review)

Steffen Murau and Matteo Giordano

Shadow Money in the History of Monetary Thought (Review of Political Economy)

Steffen Murau and Tobias Pforr

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