In this week’s episode of The Ballpark, hosts Denise Baron, Sophie Donszelmann, and Chris Gilson look at the almighty dollar and decipher US monetary policy, central banking, and exchange rates.
This episode features interviews with Jeff Frieden, Professor of Government at Harvard University, Gianluca Benigno, Professor of Economics at the LSE, and Chris Parkes, Post-Doctoral Fellow at the LSE.
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If you would like to learn more about the topics discussed, here’s a list of websites and materials related to this podcast.
- Podcast of LSE event, “Lessons for the Euro from America’s Past”, with Jeffry Frieden, 19 January 2016
- Book Review: Currency Politics: The Political Economy of Exchange Rate Policy by Jeffry A. Frieden – 10 April
- Paul Krugman’s argument that the eurozone is not an optimum currency area could be just as easily applied to the US – Waltraud Schelkle – 28 April
Note: This podcast gives the views of the interviews and co-hosts, and is not the position of USAPP – American Politics and Policy, the LSE US Centre, nor the London School of Economics.
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