July 3, 2022
A discussion with Jeff Frieden on whether globalization has reversed, what that might mean for the U.S., and how the economic effects of globalization–both real, and imagined–has affected politics.
November 7, 2021
A conversation with Maurice Obstfeld on the tensions between globalization and economic nationalism.
September 24, 2021
Countries benefit from increasing international trade and financial flows. But interconnectedness can make them vulnerable to economic shocks originating abroad.
August 1, 2021
Paul Krugman joins Michael Klein for a discussion on globalization, trade and industrial policy, and protectionism and tariffs.
May 23, 2021
Adam Posen, president of the Peterson Institute for International Economics draws on his recent article in Foreign Affairs, and lays out evidence for the U.S.’s retreat from globalization, as well as its potential consequences.
July 30, 2019
Is there, in fact, an association between the decline of traditional manufacturing and the rise of the populism embodied by Donald Trump?
July 16, 2019
How much of globalization’s adverse impact is due to trade vs technological change? Maurice Obstfeld (UC Berkeley) and Michael Klein (Fletcher School) discuss.