Paul Blustein has written about economic issues for more than 40 years.
A graduate of the University of Wisconsin and Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar, Paul spent most of his career reporting for The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal. He is currently a Senior Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation.
Paul’s books have received critical acclaim from leading publications including The Economist, Financial Times, Foreign Affairs, and the New York Review of Books. He especially loves hearing from professors and college students that his books help make complex economic subjects interesting and intelligible.
A resident since 2010 of Kamakura, Japan, where he lives with his wife, Yoshie Sakai, he is the father of four children and in 2018 attained his most cherished status yet–grandpa.
Books in order of publication:
The Chastening: Inside The Crisis That Rocked The Global Financial System And Humbled The IMF (Public Affairs, 2001)
And the Money Kept Rolling In (and Out) Wall Street, the IMF, and the Bankrupting of Argentina (PublicAffairs, 2006)
Misadventures of the Most Favored Nations: Clashing Egos, Inflated Ambitions, and the Great Shambles of the World Trade System (PublicAffairs, 2009)
Off Balance: The Travails of Institutions That Govern the Global Financial System (CIGI Press, 2016)
Schism: China, America and the Fracturing of the Global Trading System (CIGI Press, 2019)
King Dollar: The Past and Future of the World’s Dominant Currency – 2025
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