Barry Eichengreen

At-a-Glance

George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Professor of Economics and Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley, where he has taught since 1987.
Author of the book 'Golden Fetters: The Gold Standard and the Great Depression, 1919–1939,' published in 1992.
Served as a senior policy advisor to the International Monetary Fund from 1997 to 1998.
Research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and a research fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research.
Earned a B.A. from UC Santa Cruz in 1974, and an M.A. in economics, an M.Phil. in economics, an M.A. in history, and a Ph.D. in economics from Yale University.
Became a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1997.

Biography

Barry Julian Eichengreen is the George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Professor of Economics and Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley, where he has been a faculty member since 1987. He is also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and a research fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research.