Ep. 182: Barry Eichengreen on Fixing the Debt Problem, Dollar Demise and Tech Impacts

Barry Eichengreen, Professor of Economics and Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley, is a former senior policy adviser at the International Monetary Fund. He is the author of many books, including most recently “In Defense of Public Debt”. He was also a presenter at the Fed’s 2023 Jackson Hole Economic Symposium.  

In the podcast, we talk about: 

• The rise of debt around the world 
• What happens at Jackson Hole 
• How the structure of debt has changed 
• Running budget surpluses to bring down debt 
• Financial repression 
• Can inflation fix the debt problem 
• Dollar exceptionalism – safe asset 
• End of the dollar? 
• Can debt be restructured? 
• How sustainable are current debt levels? 
• Impact of high debt on global economy 
• Will AI save growth? 

You can follow Barry’s work here and here.  

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