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Barry Eichengreen

Mint columnist

Barry Eichengreen is professor of economics and political science at the University of California, Berkeley, and the author, most recently, of ‘In Defense of Public Debt’

ARTICLES BY BARRY EICHENGREEN

Technological and market dominance is not forever.

Barry Eichengreen: Are star technology shares as safe as investors reckon?

4 min read . 07 Jul 2026

Greenspan’s views evolved with the times or perhaps shifted with the political winds. (AP )

Eichengreen: Greenspan’s mixed legacy can be traced to his market convictions

5 min read . 23 Jun 2026

Gold’s allure derives from its reputation as a safe haven and inflation hedge. (Bloomberg)

Eichengreen: Central banks are stacking gold as a hedge against deglobalization

4 min read . 14 May 2026

It is not hard to hear echoes of ancient history in current anxiety around the dollar. (REUTERS)

Barry Eichengreen: Why the decline and fall of the Dollar Empire is plausible

4 min read . 14 Apr 2026

In today's world, there are alarming parallels between nuclear deterrence theory and Albert O. Hirschman’s geo-economic theory. (AP)

Eichengreen: Geo-economic warriors should think twice—they endanger us all

4 min read . 18 Mar 2026

Kevin Warsh may be remembered as a key protector of central-bank independence. (REUTERS)

Barry Eichengreen: Will the US Fed stay independent under Kevin Warsh?

4 min read . 15 Feb 2026

If US President Donald Trump and European leaders agree on anything anymore, it may be that China’s trade surpluses are a problem. (AFP)

Eichengreen: Global imbalances are back in focus—Look within to solve them

2 min read . 18 Jan 2026

In the case of Argentina, it was a mistake for the Trump administration to make an unconditional commitment. (AFP)

Barry Eichengreen: How Trump’s policy gambles backfired in China and Argentina

4 min read . 17 Nov 2025

The GENIUS Act signed into law by President Donald Trump in July promises to let a thousand stablecoins bloom. (istockphoto)

Barry Eichengreen: Can stablecoins help perpetuate the dollar’s dominance?

4 min read . 22 Oct 2025

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell gestures during a press conference following the issuance of the Federal Open Market Committee's statement on interest rate policy in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 30, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo (REUTERS)

Barry Eichengreen: Why did markets shrug off Trump’s war on the Fed?

4 min read . 16 Sept 2025

Something that US President Donald Trump’s trade war and Thatcher’s Falklands War have in common is their utility in distracting attention from their instigators’ domestic problems. (REUTERS)

Barry Eichengreen: Trump’s trade offensive echoes Thatcher’s Falklands War

3 min read . 14 Aug 2025

There are so many negative things to say about Trump’s Big Bad Bill that it’s hard to know where to start. (AFP)

Barry Eichengreen: Germany’s budget expansion makes sense; America’s is reckless

4 min read . 15 Jul 2025

Removing checks on presidential powers while arbitrarily exempting the Fed opens the door to arbitrarily not exempting the US central bank. (Bloomberg)

Barry Eichengreen: Is the US Federal Reserve’s independence at threat?

4 min read . 16 Jun 2025

Some lessons, once learnt, are not easily unlearnt. (AFP)

Barry Eichengreen: The end of American exceptionalism?

4 min read . 15 May 2025

The US, to all appearances, is going down the opposite path the pound sterling followed. (Bloomberg News)

Barry Eichengreen: The sterling’s past may offer clues to the dollar’s future

4 min read . 16 Apr 2025

Trump will no longer be able to blame former President Joe Biden’s administration for inflation, so he will likely blame the Fed. (AFP)

Barry Eichengreen: Trump is taking aim at the IMF, World Bank and US Fed

4 min read . 19 Mar 2025

If China closes the technology gap faster than it otherwise would have, then US export controls will have proven ineffectual or even counter-productive. (Nvidia)

Barry Eichengreen: US export curbs on high-tech enablers have rarely worked

4 min read . 17 Feb 2025

Whether doing so would enhance the competitiveness of American exports and strengthen America’s trade balance is quite another matter. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File) (AP)

Can Donald Trump really weaken the dollar to enhance US trade competitiveness?

4 min read . 16 Jan 2025

Biden’s inheritance also included a pandemic-stricken economy, creating ample scope for output and employment to bounce back.

An economic requiem for the Biden administration

6 min read . 31 Dec 2024

A crisis that prompts a wholesale rethink of the institutional inheritance could conceivably break the logjam.

Germany’s economic crisis offers it an opportunity to break an old gridlock

4 min read . 12 Dec 2024