Barry Eichengreen
George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Chair and Distinguished Professor of Economics and Political Science
Recent Books
The Spread of the Modern Central Bank and Global Cooperation 1919-1939 (edited with Andreas Kakrides), Cambridge University Press, 2024.
In Defense of Public Debt (with Asmaa El-Ganainy, Rui Esteves and Kris Mitchener), Oxford University Press, 2021
How to Achieve Inclusive Growth (edited with Valerie Serra, Asmaa El-Ganainy and Martin Schindler), Oxford University Press, 2021.
Recent Research Papers
"Central bank independence and risk-taking at the zero lower bound" (with Bernhard Bartels, Julian Schumacher, and Beatrice Weder di Mauro), ECB Working Paper No. 3079 (2025).
"Under Pressure? Central Bank Independence Meets Blockchain Prediction Markets" (with Ganesh Viswanath-Natraj, Junxuan Wang, and Zijie Wang), SSRN (30 July 2025).
"A tale of debt in three acts,” Journal of Policy Modeling (2025).
Recent Policy Papers
"When the Facts Change: The Future of the Global Monetary System." CIGI Paper No. 321 (2025).
”Replacing foreign aid: A macroeconomic plan B for Ukraine (and Europe)” (with Becker, Gorodnichenko, Guriev, Johnson, Mylovanov, Obstfeld, Rogoff, Sologoub, and Weder di Mauro), CEPR Policy Insights (2025).
“Silicon Valley Bank and all that: Lessons from March 2023,” in Andreas Dombret and Patrick Kenadjian eds., Navigating Higher Rates, Volatility, and Liquidity Crises (DeGruyter, 2025).
Recent Op Eds, Reviews & Comments
"Could the U.S. Dollar Lose Its Dominance? It Did Once Before,” Wall Street Journal (11 September 2025).
"Why Are Financial Markets Shrugging at Trump’s War on the Fed?" Project Syndicate (9 September 2025).
”China’s consuming problem,” Korea Herald (28 August 2025).