The academic literature and policy discussions on the role that central banks and financial
supervisors (CBFS) should play in the ecological transition, almost nonexistent five years …

Monetary policy operations in corporate security markets confront central banks with choices
that are traditionally perceived to be the prerogative of governments. This article investigates …

Alternative currencies are means of payment that circulate alongside—as an alternative or
complement to—official currencies. While these currencies have existed for a long time, both …

This chapter is concerned with the economic and political connections between the
institutionalization of central bank dominance and the rise and resilience of shadow …

After the great financial crisis of 2007–2009, central banks were handed a macroprudential
mandate to contain systemic risks, a mandate seen as endangering their independence due …

How do central bankers cope with the uncomfortable fact that there are significant limits to
their expertise without losing authority? Drawing on Steve Rayner's concept of …

The rise of central bankers to the status of new 'masters of the universe'has been matched
by mounting allegations of political overreach. In the Eurozone, for instance, the European …

Post-crisis, central banks were encouraged to intervene against the cyclical build up of
systemic risks in the financial system, a mandate which contravened previous conceptions of …

Many democratic societies currently struggle with issues around knowledge: fake news,
distrust of experts, a fear of technocratic tendencies. In Citizen Knowledge, Lisa Herzog …

Finance and philosophy may seem to be worlds apart. But they share at least one common
ancestor: Thales of Miletus. Thales is typically regarded as the first philosopher, but he was …