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
”The State of the States: Federal Finance in India” (with Poonam Gupta). NCAER Working Paper No. 180 (2025).
“Inflation Targeting in India: A Further Assessment” (with Poonam Gupta), Margin: The Journal of Applied Economic Research (2025).
“Sustained Debt Reduction: The Jamaican Exception” (with Serkan Arslanalp and Peter Henry), Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (2024).
Recent Policy Papers
”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).
“Central Bank Independence and Monetary Stability in Hungary, 1920s and 1990s,” Financial and Economic Review (2024). Also available in Chinese translation.
Recent Op Eds, Reviews & Comments
"Barry Eichengreen: 'Donald Trump, surrounded by bootlickers, underestimated China in 2025.'" Interview in L'Express (13 April 2025).
"Barry Eichengreen: 'It's clear that Mr. Trump has given China a huge gift.'" Interview in La Tercera (13 April 2025).
"Are Trump's tariffs a bargaining chip for a new global economic order?" Interview in Planet Money (11 April 2025).