Recently, he wrote about the inability of leaders to provide economic stability and the risks that the world would face in 2012. He also feels that when both the developed and emerging economies are weaker than they were in 2008, their ability to respond to growing risks will be weak.

On Thursday, a select audience of the financial capital’s movers and shakers will get an opportunity to quiz Wolf at the latest edition of Express Adda, a series of conversations with people at the centre of change. Wolf will share the stage with Adi Godrej, the chairman of the Godrej Group, who is also not known to be shy of speaking his mind on the political and economic turbulence the country is facing.