Barry Eichengreen - Hall of Mirrors (LSE, January 21, 2015)

Speaker: Professor Barry Eichengreen Recorded on 21 January 2015 in Old Theatre, Old Building. Popular understanding of the Great Depression shaped the response to the Great Recession. The experience of the Great Recession will change our understanding of the Great Depression. Barry Eichengreen (@B_Eichengreen) is Professor of Economics and Political Science at the University of California-Berkeley. His new book is Hall of Mirrors: the Great Depression, the Great Recession, and the uses - and misuses -