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January 9, 2024

Political History and Theory
New Book Examines the Colorful and Tumultuous Political Career of Henry Wallace 

In a new book filled with political drama and intrigue, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) Senior Fellow Benn Steil offers the richest and deepest biographical study to date of Henry A. Wallace—a “fa…

February 13, 2018

United States
The Marshall Plan Holds Lessons for Present Tensions With Russia, Benn Steil Writes in New Book

February 13, 2018—The Marshall Plan—the costly and ambitious initiative to revive western Europe after World War II—marked the true beginning of the Cold War, argues Benn Steil. Bringing to bear new …

The Marshall Plan by Benn Steil

February 25, 2013

United States
In The Battle of Bretton Woods, Benn Steil Shows How the U.S. Established a New World Order in 1944

The Battle of Bretton Woods: John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White, and the Making of a New World Order tells the story of the intertwining lives and events surrounding that historic conference. In…

September 16, 1998

Economics
Benn Steil Named Linda J. Wachner Senior Fellow in Foreign Economic Policy

New York City, August 3, 1998 -- Benn Steil will be the new Linda J. Wachner Senior Fellow in Foreign Economic Policy, Council on Foreign Relations President Leslie H. Gelb announced today. "Benn Ste…

March 10, 2009

Monetary Policy
Monetary Nationalism Will Worsen Economic Crisis, Warns New Book by Benn Steil and Manuel Hinds

As a global economic crisis unfolds, a new book by CFR director of international economics Benn Steil and former Salvadoran finance minister Manuel Hinds warns that the incompatibility of globalizati…