Barry Eichengreen

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.

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A Weaker Dollar Won’t Cure the U.S. Economy

By , January 24, 2012 in EconoMatters

Will a weak dollar help reverse the flow of U.S. manufacturing jobs overseas?

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U.S. Dollar Decline as a National Strategy?

By , December 16, 2011 in Globalist Bookshelf

Is relying on a weak dollar really a promising economic strategy? Why would it not work as advertised?

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U.S. Futures and Out-of-Control Deficits

By , December 5, 2011 in Globalist Bookshelf

Does the United States have to worry about a currency crash, just as the United Kingdom experienced in 1956?

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