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Barry Eichengreen

Barry Eichengreen

Writing for PS since 2003
192 commentaries
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Barry Eichengreen, Professor of Economics and Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley, is a former senior policy adviser at the International Monetary Fund. He is the author of many books, including In Defense of Public Debt (Oxford University Press, 2021).

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  1. The Dilemmas of the Dollar
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    The Dilemmas of the Dollar

    May 13, 2024 Barry Eichengreen asks whether anything can or should be done about the greenback's strength, especially against Asian currencies.

  2. Why Is Europe Losing the Productivity Race?
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    Why Is Europe Losing the Productivity Race?

    Apr 9, 2024 Barry Eichengreen rules out several popular explanations for the growing differential with the United States.

  3. The Temptation of Frontier Markets
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    The Temptation of Frontier Markets

    Mar 12, 2024 Barry Eichengreen sees several reasons why countries like Côte d'Ivoire and Benin have been able to tap international investors.

  4. The Middle Truth in the Inflation Muddle
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    The Middle Truth in the Inflation Muddle

    Feb 14, 2024 Barry Eichengreen explains why the Federal Reserve's critics are wrong about monetary policy's role in recent years.

  5. Is Joe Biden Really the New Jimmy Carter?
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    Is Joe Biden Really the New Jimmy Carter?

    Jan 9, 2024 Barry Eichengreen sees a key difference between the incumbent and the last one-term Democratic US president.

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    What the China Pessimists Are Getting Wrong

    Yu Yongding rejects gloomy narratives about the economy’s prospects and proposes ways to revive growth.
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    A Big Step Forward for Liver Health

    Danjuma Adda explains how new hepatitis guidelines from the World Health Organization could reduce cancer deaths in Africa.
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    The Fragile Fraternity of China and Russia

    Nina L. Khrushcheva

    Vladimir Putin’s recent state visit to Beijing – his first trip abroad since being inaugurated for a fifth term – was practically a mirror image of Mao Zedong’s visit to Moscow 75 years ago, when Stalin looked down on his guest. There is little reason to think that the bilateral relationship will prove more resilient this time.

     doubts that two countries with such diverging interests will be able to build a lasting partnership.
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    The Global Economy Is More Vulnerable Than It Seems

    Bertrand Badré & Yves Tiberghien identify five factors driving a potentially catastrophic trend toward fragmentation.
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    The Myth of Central-Bank Independence

    Robert Skidelsky thinks the time has come to transfer power from technocrats back to elected officials.
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    The Gig Economy vs. America’s Workers

    Sandeep Vaheesan warns that proposed ballot initiatives in Massachusetts would legalize exploitative employment practices.
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    King Trump on Trial

    Richard K. Sherwin

    High-ranking Republican politicians have lately been turning up at Donald Trump’s New York City trial to demonstrate solidarity with the former president. But their attendance also serves a more alarming purpose: to validate Trump as a competing source of sovereign power, independent of the US Constitution and the rule of law.

     explains why a parade of Republican leaders have made appearances at the former president’s trial in New York.
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    Crunch Time for the Power Sector

    Michael Spence argues that developing flexible, stable, and resilient smart grids requires an expanded industrial policy.
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    The Rise of Mesoeconomics

    William H. Janeway details how a long-neglected field of economic study can be applied to today's most pressing policy challenges.

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