David Beckworth: Our guest today is Jeffry Frieden. Jeff is a professor of government at Harvard University, where he specializes in the politics of international monetary and financial relations. Jeff is the author of many articles and books, including *Currency Politics: The Political Economy of Exchange Rate Policy*, and *Lost Decades: The Making of America's Debt Crisis and the Long Recovery*. Jeff joins us today to talk about some of his work.
Beckworth: Jeff, welcome to the show.
Jeffry Frieden: My pleasure.
Beckworth: It's great to have you on. We previously