Jeffry Frieden, Professor of International and Public Affairs and Political Science at Columbia University, and Professor of Government emeritus at Harvard University
Harold Goodhue Vatter memorial Lecture
Harold Vatter Memorial Lecture Speaker Jeffry Frieden
May 22, 4-5:30 p.m. in SMSU 294
Topic: "Understanding the Backlash Against Globalization"
The annual Harold G. Vatter Memorial Lecture was established in 2006 to honor PSU Professor of Economics Harold Goodhue Vatter. Vatter was a pioneer of New Economic History. By integrating economic theory with history, Vatter achieved a level of thinking on par with the greats. He taught at several universities, including the University of Chicago and Oregon State University, before coming to Portland State University in 1965. He passed away September 8, 2000 at the age of 89.
The Vatter Lecture brings renown economists from around the region and the country to PSU to discuss current, topical economics issues. This year, Jeffry Frieden, Professor of International and Public Affairs and Political Science at Columbia University, and Professor of Government emeritus at Harvard University is the speaker. He specializes in the politics of international economic relations. Dr. Frieden is the author of Global Capitalism: Its Fall and Rise in the Twentieth Century and its Stumbles in the Twenty First (2006, second edition 2020); Currency Politics: The Political Economy of Exchange Rate Policy (2016); and (with Menzie Chinn) of Lost Decades: The Making of America's Debt Crisis and the Long Recovery (2011). He is also the author of Banking on the World: The Politics of American International Finance (1987), of Debt, Development, and Democracy: Modern Political Economy and Latin America, 1965‑1985 (1991), and is the co-author or co-editor of over a dozen other books on related topics. His articles on the politics of international economic issues have appeared in a wide variety of scholarly and general-interest publications. He earned a B.A. summa cum laude Columbia College and his Ph.D. from Columbia University.
The event is on Thursday, May 22 from 4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. in SMSU 294 and is open to all PSU students, faculty, and staff as well as the Portland community.
Light refreshments and snacks will be provided.