Brad W. Setser is an American

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and former staff economist at the

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. He worked at Roubini Global Economics Monitor ("RGE"), as Director of Global Research, where he co-authored the book "Bailouts or Bail-ins?" with

Nouriel Roubini Nouriel Roubini (born March 9 1958) is a Turkish-born Iranian-American economist. He is Professor Emeritus (2021–present) and was Professor of Economics (1995–2021) at the Stern School of Business, New York University, and also chairman of Ro ...

Career

After leaving the RGE in 2007, Setser became a fellow for international economics at the

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. In 2009, he took a position with the National Economic Council, as Director of International Economics. In 2011, he moved to the United States Department of the Treasury, where he was the Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Economic Analysis where he worked on Europe’s financial crisis, U.S. currency policy, financial sanctions, commodity shocks, and Puerto Rico’s debt crisis In 2015, he returned as the Steven A. Tananbaum senior fellow for international economics at the

. He is the author of the popular economics blog "Follow the Money" about global economic imbalances, which ''

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'' described in 2016 as a "must-read for those in the economics blogosphere". Setser has been interviewed in financial publications such as ''

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'' and the ''

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'' on U.S. international economic issues. Setser has also written opinion pieces including in ''

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'' and ''

'' on U.S. international economic policy. In November 2020, Setser was named a member of the Joe Biden presidential transition Agency Review Team to support transition efforts related to the

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"Follow the Money," Brad Setser's blog at the Council on Foreign Relations

Brad Setser C-SPAN

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