Abstract

The Centre for Rising Powers is pleased to host Barry Eichengreen (UC Berkeley) for a lecture on

China and the International Monetary and Financial System: The Challenge of Renminbi Internationalization

Tuesday, 18 November | 4pm – 5.30pm Room SG1 , Alison Richard Building

Barry Eichengreen is the George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Professor of Economics and Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley, where he has taught since 1987. He is a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research (Cambridge, Massachusetts) and Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (London, England). In 1997-98 he was Senior Policy Advisor at the International Monetary Fund. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (class of 1997).

Professor Eichengreen is the convener of the Bellagio Group of academics and economic officials and chair of the Academic Advisory Committee of the Peterson Institute of International Economics. He has held Guggenheim and Fulbright Fellowships and has been a fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (Palo Alto) and the Institute for Advanced Study (Berlin). He is a regular monthly columnist for Project Syndicate.

All are welcome to attend. The lecture will be followed by a reception. For enquiries please contact Nicolas Köhler (nk407@cam.ac.uk)