The William R. Rhodes Center for International Economics and Finance
The William R. Rhodes Center for International Economics and Finance
Seeking to understand how local politics, global economics and international finance combine to produce the uncertain world that we all inhabit.
The William R. Rhodes Center for International Economics and Finance
Seeking to understand how local politics, global economics and international finance combine to produce the uncertain world that we all inhabit.
Podcasts and Webcasts
Please visit the Rhodes Center YouTube channel to watch videos of our past events. Additionally we have our own podcast series, The Rhodes Center Podcast, which is focused on interviews with our fellows and visitors.
For Students
Take a look at the list of interdisiplinary courses relevant to the Rhodes Center mission for Fall 2024
Affiliates in the News
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Project Syndicate
The Fight Over the Fed (by Şebnem Kalemli-Özcan)
The US Federal Reserve’s independence is widely understood to be vital to the economy’s well-being, by insulating monetary policy from political imperatives. But, following the launch of a criminal investigation of Fed Chair Jerome Powell by President Donald Trump’s minions at the Department of Justice, it is hanging on by a thread.