PFI Talks
Episodes
#43 George Selgin - Economist
04 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
George Selgin is an American economist. Until his retirement in July 2025, he served as a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute, where he was the foundi...
#42 Carmen M. Reinhart - Economist & Professor /Harvard University/
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Carmen M. Reinhart is the Minos A. Zombanakis Professor of the International Financial System at Harvard Kennedy School. She was Senior Policy Advisor...
#41 Morgan Housel - Investor & Author /Psychology of Money/
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Morgan Housel is a prominent financial writer, award-winning author, and investor known for his insightful perspectives on money, investing, and behav...
#40 Michael Bordo - Historian & Professor /Rutgers University/
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
One of the world's top monetary historians Michael D. Bordo, Professor at Rutgers University, sees alarming parallels between today and the catast...
#39 John H. Cochrane - Economist /Hoover Institution/
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
John H. Cochrane is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. He is also a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and an adju...
#38 Edward Chancellor - Historian & Investment Strategist
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Historian and investment strategist Edward Chancellor draws parallels between the current surge in tech giants — the Magnificent 7 — and past spec...
#37 Štěpán Drábek - Ekonom & Analytik /PFI/
27 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Štěpán Drábek je mladý český ekonom a popularizátor vědy. Působí jako makroekonomický analytik v Prague Finance Institute. Je autorem mono...
#36 William Goetzmann - Finance Professor /Yale/
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
William N. Goetzmann is the Edwin J. Beinecke Professor of Finance and Management Studies and Faculty Director of the International Center for Finance...
#35 Branko Milanović - Economist & Professor /NYU/
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Renowned economist Branko Milanović joins Prague Finance Institute to discuss the end of neoliberal globalization, the rise of China as both a geopol...
#34 Maurice Obstfeld - Economist /Peterson Institute for International Economics/
25 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this in-depth interview from the PFI Talks series by the Prague Finance Institute, renowned economist Maurice Obstfeld — Senior Fellow at the Pet...
#33 Kenneth Rogoff - Economist & Professor /Harvard University/
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kenneth Rogoff is Maurits C. Boas Professor at Harvard University, and former chief economist at the IMF. His influential 2009 book with Carmen Reinha...
#32 Anat Admati - Economist & Professor /Stanford University/
14 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Anat R. Admati is the George G.C. Parker Professor of Finance and Economics at Stanford Graduate School of Business and a senior fellow at Stanford In...
#31 Rafał Brzoska - CEO & Founder /InPost/
22 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rafał Brzoska is the founder and CEO of InPost, a logistics company that operates over over 25 000 parcel lockers throughout Poland, constituting the...
#30 Andre Chelhot, CFA - Chief Economist /PFI/
14 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Andre is the Advisor to the Board at Zelof & Partners LLP which is a client-focused advisory and investment company, specializing in the fixed-in...
#29 Gen. David H. Petraeus - Partner /KKR/ & Former CIA Director
23 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
General David H. Petraeus (US Army, Ret.) (New York) is a Partner at KKR and Chairman of the KKR Global Institute, which he established in May 2013. H...
#28 Daron Acemoglu - Economist & Professor /MIT/
16 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Daron Acemoglu is an esteemed economist and author, currently serving as the Killian Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technolo...
#27 Kyla Scanlon - Economist & Writer
15 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kyla Scanlon is the founder of a financial education company and a creator. She writes a weekly newsletter, makes YouTube videos, hosts the “Let’s...
#26 Bozidar Djelic - Managing Director /Lazard/
22 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Bozidar Djelic is a Managing Director, and Head of Lazard for Central and Eastern Europe, CIS (ex-Soviet Union), and Turkey. Mr. Djelic advises countr...
#25 Paul Krugman - Economist & Nobel Prize Laureate
07 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Krugman is a Neo-Keynesian economist, Nobel laureate, academic, author, and media columnist, known for his work on international trade theory and...
#24 Mojmír Hampl - Předseda /Národní rozpočtová rada/
06 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mojmír Hampl je již více než dva roky členem Národní rozpočtové rady, jejímž úkolem je strážit české veřejné finance. Od července 2...
#23 Michal Kuděj - Partner /TARPAN Partners/
23 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Michal Kuděj je absolventem Vysoké školy ekonomické v Praze. Specializuje na firemní finance a restrukturalizační procesy. V oblasti firemních...
#22 Maroš Kravec - Managing Partner & Founder /LitFin/
14 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Maros founded LitFin in 2018 after spending several years as a business director of a successful property development company in Manchester, the Unite...
#21 Perry G. Mehrling - Economist & Professor /Boston University/
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Perry Mehrling is a Professor of International Political Economy at the Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University, where he teaches courses o...
#20 Joseph M. Wassel - Executive Director & CEO /FirstNet/
09 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mr. Joseph Wassel is the Executive Director (CEO) of the First Responder Network Authority. He is responsible for overall management of all FirstNet A...
#19 Krisztián Orbán - Founder & Managing Partner /Oriens/
10 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Krisztián Orbán holds master's degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. He ...
#18 Dan McCrum - Investigative Reporter & Author /Financial Times/
02 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dan McCrum is a multi-award winning journalist and author. He is a member of the Financial Times investigations team, and has spent 15 years writing a...
#17 Barry Eichengreen - Economist & University Professor /University of California, Berkeley/
14 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Barry Eichengreen is Professor of Economics and Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley, where he has taught since 19...
#16 Marc Faber - Investor /Gloom Boom & Doom Report/
23 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Marc Faber, who studied at the University of Zurich and earned his PhD in Economics at the age of 24, is considered one of the world's premier economi...
#15 Sumit Agarwal - University Professor /National University of Singapore/
18 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sumit Agarwal is Low Tuck Kwong Distinguished Professor of Finance at the Business School and a Professor of Economics and Real Estate at the National...
#14 Jeffrey Sachs - Economist & University Professor /Columbia University/
24 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jeffrey D. Sachs is a world-renowned economist, University Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, wh...
#13 Daniel Kahneman - Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs Emeritus /Princeton University/
17 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Kahneman is an Israeli-American psychologist and economist notable for his work on the psychology of judgment and decision-making, as well as b...
#12 Aswath Damodaran - Professor of Finance /Stern School of Business at New York University/
29 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Aswath Damodaran is a Professor of Finance at the Stern School of Business at New York University, where he teaches corporate finance and equity valua...
#11 Stanislav Kubáček - Senior Managing Director /Heimstaden Group/
04 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Je absolventem oboru finance, účetnictví a korporátní strategie na Institutu politických studiích v Paříži. V minulosti působil například...
#10 Robert Doucha - Chairman of the Board /Winda Energy - GHR/
09 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Vystudoval jadernou fyziku na ČVUT v Praze a v minulosti působil například jako FEM analytik ve společnosti Mercedes Benz, jako vedoucí týmu v ...
#9 Peter Oppenheimer - Chief Global Equity Strategist & Head of Macro Research in Europe /Goldman Sachs/
30 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Peter joined Goldman Sachs in 2002, was named Managing Director in 2003 and Partner in 2006. Peter previously worked as Managing Director and Chief In...
#8 Robert Wigley - Chairman /UK Finance/
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Poznámka: Video s českými titulky je ke shlédnutí na webu deníku E15. Pan Wigley strávil svoji bankovní kariéru u Morgan Grenfell a Merrill L...
#7 Pavel Mucha - zakládající partner /Enern/
30 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Po studiích na pražské Vysoké škole ekonomické se v roce 1999 vrhl do světa technologií a průkopnických projektů. Do roku 2001 působil ve ...
#6 Karel Horák - CEO a předseda představenstva /Home Credit Bank Kazakhstan/
21 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Po studiích na Vysoké škole ekonomické se věnoval exportu a prodeji v jihočeském výrobci lihovin a ovocných sirupů Fruko-Schulz. V roce 2003...
#5 Jan Švejnar - ekonom /CERGE-EI, Columbia University/
16 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jan Švejnar je ekonom, který působí na Kolumbijské univerzitě v New Yorku jako profesor globální ekonomie a ředitel Centra pro globální hos...
#4 Lukáš Vácha - člen představenstva a obchodní ředitel /Conseq Investment Management/
09 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Lukáš Vácha absolvoval Fakultu financí a účetnictví Vysoké školy ekonomické v Praze a v rámci akademického programu studoval rovněž Univ...
#3 Kateřina Zychová - zakladatelka a výkonná ředitelka /Verdi Capital/
02 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kateřina je zakladatelkou a výkonnou ředitelkou Verdi Capital a zakladatelkou a předsedkyní představenstva fondu Green Horizon Rewables, který ...
#2 Marek Mora - viceguvernér /Česká národní banka/
25 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Předtím než začal Marek Mora svou profesní kariéru, vystudoval VŠE v Praze a následně absolvoval postgraduální studia ekonomie v Německu. ...
#1 Igor Mesenský - CEE Head of M&A /KPMG/
18 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Igor Mesenský patří mezi přední odborníky na M&A poradenství v České republice. V daném odvětví působí více než 26 let a za tu dob...