Wladimir Kraus

An alumnus of University of Paderborn, Wladimir Kraus studied economics and earned the German equivalent of a Master’s degree in 2005. Two years later, he began additional coursework at the University of Turin, in Italy, where he studied economics and law.

During the 2008 school year, Kraus operated as a Teaching Assistant at another institution in Turin, the International University College of Turin, instructing students in law and economics. Wladimir Kraus also led a seminar on the history of economic thought. Kraus later transferred from The University of Turin to the University of the Mediterranean Aix-Marseille 2, in France, where he continues to pursue doctoral coursework. Kraus devotes abundant time to his thesis project, titled “Distributional Dynamics in the Analysis of Labor Relationships.”

Wladimir Kraus regularly attends professional conferences related to finance. In April of 2007, he participated in the Prague Conference on Political Economy. The following year, Kraus appeared at the Annual Economics and Finance Conference, which explored financial regulation in the fractional reserve banking system.

A talented writer, Wladimir Kraus co-authored Engineering the Financial Crisis: Systemic Risk and the Failure of Regulation. In his recreational time, Wladimir Kraus enjoys reading a wide variety of books. Some of his favorite authors include Max Weber, Frank Knight, Jeffrey Friedman, Friedrich Hayek, and Thomas Kuhn.