Ep. 253: Barry Eichengreen on Trump Trade Policy, Dollar Status and Debt Crises

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 ‘In Defense of Public Debt’ (Oxford University Press, 2021). In this podcast, we discuss: 

• Inflation regime 
• Which central banks are most independent? 
• Can Trump influence the Fed? 
• What causes trade imbalances and what to do about them 
• Impact of tariffs 
• Parallels to 1800s and 1930s 
• US-China relations 
• Dollar policy and status of dollar 
• When will US debt problem become a crisis? 

You can get more details on Barry’s work here and here. 

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