PERRY MEHRLING

Profile

Perry Mehrling is Professor of International Political Economy at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University.

He writes about the monetary and financial side of the modern economy, focusing on its global dimensions. His online course with Coursera has over the last decade spread the 'money view' to a global audience.

He currently serves on the Academic Council of the Institute for New Economic Thinking (New York) and the Committee on Global Thought (Columbia University).

Selected Books

Money and Empire: Charles P. Kindleberger and the Dollar System, Cambridge University Press, 2022.

The New Lombard Street: How the Fed Became the Dealer of Last Resort, Princeton University Press, 2011.

Fischer Black and the Revolutionary Idea of Finance, Wiley, 2005.

The Money Interest and the Public Interest, Harvard University Press, 1997.

Education

PhD, Harvard University

MSc, London School of Economics

BA, Harvard College