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Barry Eichengreen

Affiliation: University of California, Berkeley and CEPR

Barry Eichengreen is the George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Professor of Economics and Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley, where he has taught since 1987.

He is a CEPR Research Fellow, and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the convener of the Bellagio Group of academics and economic officials. In 1997-1998, he was Senior Policy Advisor at the International Monetary Fund.

He was awarded the Economic History Association's Jonathan R.T. Hughes Prize for Excellence in Teaching in 2002 and the University of California at Berkeley Social Science Division's Distinguished Teaching Award in 2004. He is also the recipient of a doctor honoris causa from the American University in Paris.

His research interests are broad-ranging, and include exchange rates and capital flows, the gold standard and the Great Depression; European economics, Asian integration and development with a focus on exchange rates and financial markets, the impact of China on the international economic and financial system, and IMF policy, past, present and future.

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Barry Eichengreen's Latest Articles | 12

Gauging the multiplier: Lessons from history

Oct 22, 2012| 

The size of the fiscal policy multiplier – and thus the impact of austerity on GDP – has been a contentious issue since the crisis started. The IMF recently... Read »

History, Gravity, and International Finance

Oct 2, 2012| 

International investment patterns play an important role in policy debates ranging from global imbalances to banking crises. This column shows that history should... Read »

A Tale of Two Depressions Redux

Mar 14, 2012| 

The debate over stimulus versus austerity continues unabated. This column shows that, while industrial production and trade recovered much more quickly than during... Read »

Rethinking Central Banking

Sep 20, 2011| 

Central banks have massively broadened their remit in recent crisis-laden years, but the standard analytic framework – ‘flexible inflation targeting’ – has... Read »

Ireland’s Rescue Package: Disaster for Ireland, Bad Omen for the Eurozone

Dec 4, 2010| 

Irish interest spreads did not fall and contagion continues. Here one of the world’s leading international economists explains why. Short-sighted, wishful thinking... Read »

From Currency Warfare to Lasting Peace

Sep 30, 2010| 

The ‘international currency war’ mentioned by Brazil’s finance minister poses massive dangers for the world trade and financial systems. This... Read »

Fetters of Gold and Paper

Jul 30, 2010| 

The world economy is experiencing tensions arising from inflexible exchange rates – particularly the dollar-renminbi peg and the Eurozone. Drawing on lessons from... Read »

How Housing Slumps End

Jul 23, 2010| 

The world’s current economic problems started when housing bubbles burst in several advanced economies. Economic recovery without housing market recovery is... Read »

The Impact of New Exchange Rate Regime on China’s Economy

Jun 22, 2010| 

China’s announcement of greater renminbi flexibility was welcomed by US and European leaders. This column discusses new empirical research on what happens to economies... Read »

Drawing a Line Under Europe’s Crisis

Jun 17, 2010| 

Financial crises feed on uncertainty. This essay warns that the longer the Eurozone crisis is allowed to linger, the greater will be the damage. But Europe can take... Read »

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