Jeffry Alan Frieden is the Stanfield Professor of International Peace at

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and chair of Harvard University's Department of Government. According to the

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, he is one of the most cited authors on college syllabi for political science courses.

Biography

Frieden received his B.A. from

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in 1979 and his Ph.D. in 1984. 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 ''

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''. 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

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in 2018. His brother is

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, former director of the

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during the

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and Health Commissioner of New York City under mayor

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