Jeffry Alan Frieden is an American political scientist. He is the Stanfield Professor of International Peace at Harvard University and chair of Harvard University's Department of Government.[1][2] According to the Open Syllabus Project, he is one of the most cited authors on college syllabi for political science courses.[3]
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| Relatives | Tom Frieden (brother) |
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Biography
editFrieden received his B.A. from Columbia University in 1979 and his Ph.D. in 1984.[4] His research specializes in the politics of international monetary and financial relations.
His 2006 book Global Capitalism: Its Fall and Rise in the Twentieth Century was called "one of the most comprehensive histories of modern capitalism yet written" by Michael Hirsh of The New York Times.[5]
His other books include Currency Politics: The Political Economy of Exchange Rate Policy (2015) and (with Menzie Chinn) Lost Decades: The Making of America's Debt Crisis and the Long Recovery (2011).
Frieden is also the co-author and editor of political science textbooks World Politics Interests, Interactions, Institutions and International Political Economy: Perspectives on Global Power and Wealth.
He was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2018.[6]
His brother is Tom Frieden, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention during the Obama administration and Health Commissioner of New York City under mayor Michael Bloomberg.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Short Bio". scholar.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
- ^ "Jeff Frieden". www.iq.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
- ^ "Open Syllabus: Explorer". Open Syllabus. Retrieved 2022-01-22.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Sending off the Class of 2020". Columbia College Today. 2016-09-28. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
- ^ Hirsh, Michael (2006-03-05). "Dollars Without Borders". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
- ^ "Jeffry A. Frieden". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
- ^ Flaherty, Anne. "Former 'whiz kid' now Ebola's public face, and possible scapegoat". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
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