Barry Eichengreen

Barry Eichengreen is the George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Professor of Economics and Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley, where he has taught since 1987. He is also a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research. Eichengreen’s 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 in past, present, and future.

Eichengreen served as a senior policy advisor at the International Monetary Fund from 1997 to 1998. He is also a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and contributes a regular column for Project Syndicate.

Author of nearly a dozen books, Eichengreen’s most recent are The Spread of the Modern Central Bank and Global Cooperation with Andreas Kakridis, How to Achieve Inclusive Growth with Valerie Cerra, Asmaa El-Ganainy and Martin Schindler, In Defense of Public Debt with Asmaa El-Ganainy, Rui Esteves and Kris Mitchener, The Populist Temptation: Economic Grievance and Political Reaction in the Modern Era, and How Global Currencies Work: Past, Present, and Future with Livia Chitu and Arnaud Mehl.

Eichengreen was awarded the Economic History Association’s Jonathan R.T. Hughes Prize for Excellence in Excellence in Teaching (2002) and the University of California at Berkeley Social Science Division’s Distinguished Teaching Award (2004). He is the recipient of a doctor honoris causa from the American University in Paris and the 2010 Schumpeter Prize from the International Schumpeter Society.  He is also the recipient of a doctor honoris causa from the American University in Paris.