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Barry Eichengreen

Barry Eichengreen is Professor of Economics and Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley, and a former senior policy adviser at the International Monetary Fund. His most recent book is Exorbitant Privilege: The Rise and Fall of the Dollar and the Future of the International Monetary System.


Commentaries by Barry Eichengreen

  • Newsart for Open-Access Economics

    Open-Access Economics

    CANBERRA – The brouhaha over Carmen Reinhart’s and Kenneth Rogoff’s article “Growth in a Time of Debt” may be the most conspicuous and incen…

  • Newsart for The Use and Abuse of Monetary History

    The Use and Abuse of Monetary History

    BERKELEY – Imagine two central banks. One is hyperactive, responding aggressively to events. While it certainly cannot be accused of ignorin…

  • Newsart for Europe’s Lost-and-Found Decade

    Europe’s Lost-and-Found Decade

    BRUSSELS – Sentiment in European financial markets has turned. For the moment, the possibility of a Greek exit from the eurozone is off the …

  • Newsart for Our Children’s Economics

    Our Children’s Economics

    TOKYO – The economics profession has not had a good crisis. Queen Elizabeth II may have expected too much when she famously asked why econom…

  • Newsart for The Politics of Global Recovery in 2013

    The Politics of Global Recovery in 2013

    DAVOS – Could 2013 be a better year for the global economy than 2012 was? The answer, in principle, is yes. In practice, however, the answer…

  • Newsart for Why No Glass-Steagall II?

    Why No Glass-Steagall II?

    MANILA – Eighty years ago this month, Ferdinand Pecora, the cigar-chomping former assistant district attorney for New York City, was appoint…

  • Newsart for The Euroless Union?

    The Euroless Union?

    BERKELEY – Europe’s crisis has entered a quiet phase, which is no accident. The current period of relative calm coincides with the approach …

  • Newsart for Europe’s Populists at the Gate

    Europe’s Populists at the Gate

    LONDON – Is Europe’s crisis over? Investors, policy analysts, and even officials are quietly beginning to suggest that this might be the cas…

  • Newsart for The Renminbi Challenge

    The Renminbi Challenge

    SEOUL – Last month, China unveiled its first aircraft carrier, and is gearing up to challenge the United States in the South China Sea. By i…

  • Newsart for Audit the Fed?

    Audit the Fed?

    BERKELEY – The party platform adopted at the Republican National Convention includes a number of remarkable planks. To a monetary economist,…

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  • Open-Access Economics

    Frank O'Callaghan: Professor Eichengreen is quite clear when he says: "It was possible because economists are not obliged to make their data and programs publicly available when publishing scientific research." It…

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