Jeff Frieden

Professor of International and Public Affairs and Political Science at Columbia University | Specializes in politics of international economic relations.

[Jeff Frieden @jafrieden]

"The Cost of Geoeconomic Coercion." I address costs of using economic policies for geopolitics. Part of a great special issue of Finance and Development on Geoeconomics. My article page 30, full issue here: https://t.co/V9EClrXBkG

[Jeff Frieden @jafrieden]

Political economy of industrial policy. Now in print, a cautionary note on the politics of policies for structural transformation. In Steering Structural Change Eds. P-O Gourinchas, M Obstfeld, P Topalova. My chapter is available here: https://t.co/VLygyPjn7P

[Jeff Frieden @jafrieden]

A Boston Fed podcast summarizing our discussions on geoeconomics at the Fed's research conference :
Geoeconomics: What’s the cost of coercion in global trade?
https://t.co/fqJGVkKjGg

[Jeff Frieden @jafrieden]

https://t.co/antas47cwS

[Jeff Frieden @jafrieden]

Political economy of geoeconomics. In a comment on Clayton Maggiori Schreger, “Putting Economics Back Into Geoeconomics,” I argue we cannot understand geoeconomics without political economy. Now in the NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2026, available here. https://t.co/dFzZasZwIW

[Jeff Frieden @jafrieden]

The end of an era. Now in print, an argument that the post-war era is coming to an end. In the LSE Public Policy Review 4, No. 2 (2026), available here: https://t.co/46vBtoHe8u

[Jeff Frieden @jafrieden]

A summary of a recent article. (with Chase Foster): https://t.co/nyxaJP7QM4

[Columbia | SIPA @ColumbiaSIPA]

🔴LIVE NOW @ColumbiaIGP is hosting a discussion on the future of central banking in an era of persistent shocks and evolving risks.

Featuring:
🌐 Andrew Bailey, Governor of the @BankofEngland
🌐 Alan Taylor, Professor of International and Public Affairs, @ColumbiaSIPA; External member of the Monetary Policy Committee, @bankofengland
https://t.co/6xnveaL72r

[Economic History Review @EcHistSocReview]

Now on Early View: 'Was freedom road a dead end? Socio-economic effects of Reconstruction in the American South'.
By Jeffry Frieden, Richard S. Grossman & Daniel Lowery.
@jafrieden @RSGrossman @Columbia @wesleyan_u @Harvard
#EHS100
https://t.co/wotCE1kxqf

[Jeff Frieden @jafrieden]

“Will tariffs unravel the global economic order?” I spoke with Chalkboard Politics (and a couple of former students) about American trade policy and world trade more generally. The podcast is now live on Podbean, Apple Podcasts and Spotify, for example https://t.co/ncpPW5VhCN

[Jeff Frieden @jafrieden]

Socio-economic effects of Reconstruction: Our paper (with Richard Grossman and Daniel Lowery), “Was Freedom Road a dead end? Socio-economic effects of Reconstruction in the American South” is now out in the Economic History Review. Paper available here: https://t.co/wvetQk538E

[Richard S. Grossman @RSGrossman]

Just published in the Economic History Review: “Was freedom road a dead end? Socio-economic effects of Reconstruction in the American South” with @jafrieden and Daniel Lowery @wesleyan_u https://t.co/r0BVIAHahF

[Jason Bordoff @JasonBordoff]

I really enjoyed participating in this @wef #Davos26 briefing about Venezuela, and learned a lot from my excellent fellow panelists @ricardo_hausman, @NgaireWoods, and @jafrieden

[Arancha González @AranchaGlezLaya]

To end a week at the @wef a great discussion abt the meaning of politics with @DanielDiermeier @VanderbiltU @jafrieden @Columbia Arlie Russell Hochschild @UCBerkeley w @AlOraibi @TheNationalNews
👇

https://t.co/yP1dler5QX

[World Economic Forum @wef]

Meaning of Politics with @jafrieden (@Columbia), Arlie Russell Hochschild, @AranchaGlezLaya, @DanielDiermeier, @AlOraibi (@TheNationalNews) #wef26 https://t.co/IYvyAsKjMl

[Jeff Frieden @jafrieden]

"The New Political Economy of U.S. Trade.” In this guest contribution to Menzie Chinn's great https://t.co/3024nJSeZd I summarize some of the analytical points made in a recent article David Lake and I wrote. https://t.co/kuLRWImH18

[World Economic Forum @wef]

Venezuela: What Next? With @JasonBordoff (@ColumbiaUEnergy), @jafrieden (@Columbia), @ricardo_hausman (@HarvardGrwthLab), @NgaireWoods (@BlavatnikSchool) and @RobinNiblett (@ChathamHouse) #WEF26 https://t.co/55auiTK606

[World Economic Forum @wef]

Dedollarization or Redollarization? With @currhenry (@TheEconomist), @KristinJForbes (@MITSloan), @jafrieden (@Columbia), @krogoff (@Harvard) #WEF26 https://t.co/819SdbXN3h

[Jeff Frieden @jafrieden]

“The New Political Economy of U.S. Trade” David Lake and me on Trump trade policies. We provide historical perspective, summarize the expected impact on the US and the intl trading system, and analyze implications for understanding the IPE. Available here https://t.co/mPGD3qIc85

[Global Capital Allocation Project @GCAProject]

The agenda for the JIE-GCAP-GSB Conference on Geoeconomics from February 27-28 is now available.

View it here: https://t.co/VOK7yUCTrC

Organized by @jafrieden, @juhreka13, @CarolinPflueger, @JSchreger, and @Ch_Trebesch and hosted by @JIntlEcon, @GCAProject, and @StanfordGSB