Perry Mehrling, Professor of International Political Economy and Monetary Expert, Passes Away
It is with deep sadness that we share the passing of Perry G. Mehrling, Professor of International Political Economy at Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies. Professor Mehrling was a distinguished economist, teacher, and intellectual whose work transformed the study of money, banking, and global finance. Before joining BU, he spent three…
Mehrling Paper Explores Rise of the Global Dollar System
“Things are going to break (are in fact already breaking) and central banks are going to have to respond, but the mental frame that most people will be (are in fact) using is not well suited for understanding how the world now works.”
Greenacre Explores Regulatory Challenges Presented by Mobile Money
“Banking has existed for at least 800 years…By contrast, mobile money emerged in 2004, creating a range of risks to users and surrounding economies that we are only just starting to understand and requiring new regulatory tools.”
Mehrling Debates Rise of “Bretton Woods 3.0” and Future of the Dollar
While Zoltan Pozar argues that the global financial system is more and more fractured, Mehrling – drawing on the findings of his forthcoming book – argues that the United States dollar remains a unifying element of global economics despite current crises.
Mehrling Discusses Cryptocurrency and Contemporary Monetary Landscape
Professor Mehrling discusses how an understanding of what he calls the “hierarchy of money” can help us understand the cryptocurrency crash of 2022.