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Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics
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April 2, 2008
Interview
CFR’s Benn Steil examines proposals for a regulatory overhaul of the U.S. financial system put forth by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson.
See more in United States, Economics
March 7, 2008
Op-Ed
Wall Street Journal
In this Wall Street Journal op-ed, Benn Steil argues that Calpers, the California Public Employees' Retirement System, is best viewed as a highly political "sovereign wealth fund." Governed by state political figures and union representatives, Calpers' investment decisions are frequently guided by foreign policy and social agendas rather than fundholder interests.
See more in United States, Corporate Governance, Economic Development
December 21, 2007
Op-Ed
Financial Times
Mark Fisch and Benn Steil write that “the devastating credit squeeze that has been gumming up the interbank and commercial paper loan markets for months shows few signs of letting up. The underlying problem remains firmly in the market for subprime mortgages.”
See more in Economics, U.S. Strategy and Politics
December 18, 2007
Video
Watch four experts discuss the falling dollar, examine the potential geopolitical impacts, and explore whether central banks should take active measures to intervene.
See more in Business & Foreign Policy, Geoeconomics
December 18, 2007
Video
Four experts discuss the falling dollar in a December 18 meeting at CFR.
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December 18, 2007
Audio
Listen to four experts discuss the falling dollar, examine the potential geopolitical impacts, and explore whether central banks should take active measures to intervene.
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December 18, 2007
Transcript
Transcript from a CFR meeting on the falling dollar.
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November 8, 2007
Op-Ed
National Post
In light of the recent turmoil in the foreign exchange markets, Benn Steil
condenses the arguments of his recent Foreign Affairs article, 'The End of
National Currency,' for Canada's leading financial daily.
See more in International Finance
October 30, 2007
Op-Ed
Financial Times
In this Financial Times op-ed, Manuel Hinds and Benn Steil argue that the Fed's loose monetary policy could jeopardize the dollar's position as the international standard of value.
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Spring/Summer 2007
Article
cato.org
In the Spring/Summer 2007 issue of The Cato Journal, Benn Steil writes on "Federal Reserve Policy in the Face of Crisis." He argues
that the global monetary order of national fiat currencies represents the
greatest threat to globalization.
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May 8, 2007
Op-Ed
Financial Times
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May/June 2007
Foreign Affairs Article — Summary
Global financial instability has sparked a surge in "monetary nationalism" -- the idea that countries must make and control their own currencies. But globalization and monetary nationalism are a dangerous combination, a cause of financial crises and geopolitical tension. The world needs to abandon unwanted currencies, replacing them with dollars, euros, and multinational currencies as yet unborn.
See more in International Finance
April 3, 2007
Op-Ed
Financial Times
CFR's Benn Steil argues that other factors besides Sarbanes-Oxley contributed to financial flows away from the U.S.
See more in Business & Foreign Policy
January 5, 2007
Op-Ed
Financial Times
See more in Business & Foreign Policy, Economic Development, Geoeconomics, Trade
December 6, 2006
Transcript
Two former Latin American finance ministers discuss the lessons learned from the monetary crisis in Argentina.
See more in Argentina, Economics
November 27, 2006
Op-Ed
Financial Times
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October 25, 2006
Audio
Listen to Jerry Muller, professor of history at the Catholic University of America, discuss the future of globalization, as part of the Council's C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics.
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October 25, 2006
Video
Watch Jerry Muller, professor of history at the Catholic University of America, discuss the future of globalization, as part of the Council's C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics.
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Explore the international finance regime with a new interactive from CFR's program on International Institutions and Global Governance.
Identifying international threats and acting on them may be the most difficult job for U.S. policymakers. This report
provides an actionable road map for managing international threats before they erupt into crises and makes a strong case that preventive action is not a luxury but a necessity.
For more than a decade, the United States has mostly watched from the sidelines as Asian countries organize themselves into an alphabet soup of new multilateral groups. In this report, the authors review the relationship between pan-Asian and trans-Pacific institutions and suggest policy guidelines for a new U.S. approach to this new Asian landscape.
Complete list of Council Special Reports
Start-Up Nation addresses the trillion-dollar question: How is it that Israel—a country of 7.1 million, only sixty years old, surrounded by enemies— produces more start-up companies than large, peaceful, and stable nations like Japan, China, India, Korea, Canada, and the UK? With the insights of geopolitical experts and investors, the authors examine this nation’s adversity-driven culture to answer this question and offer prescriptions for a global economy on the rebound.
In Forces of Fortune, Vali Nasr presents a paradigm-changing revelation that will transform the understanding of the Muslim world at large. He reveals that there is a vital but unseen rising force in the Islamic world—a new business-minded middle class—that is building a vibrant new Muslim world economy and that holds the key to winning the cold war against Iran and extremists.
In Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know, Julia E. Sweig presents a remarkably accessible portrait of Cuba's unique place on the world stage over the past fifty years, including its internal politics, its often fraught relationship with the United States, and its shifting relationship with the global community.
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