Sebastian Edwards

Professor:Intl Economics

Sebastian Edwards is the Henry Ford II professor of international economics at the University of California at Los Angeles. He is the author of "American Default."

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The price of victory.

Bloomberg Opinion

Victory in Gold Battle Saved the New Deal

Keynes weighs in, the Supreme Court acts and FDR triumphs: Last of four excerpts from “American Default.”

May 25, 2018

May 25, 2018

OpinionSebastian Edwards

Victory in Gold Battle Saved the New Deal

Keynes weighs in, the Supreme Court acts and FDR triumphs: Last of four excerpts from “American Default.”

The price of victory.

May 24, 2018

May 24, 2018

OpinionSebastian Edwards

The Gamble: If Gold Won’t Go Up, Push the Dollar Down

Dean Acheson thought Roosevelt’s plan in 1933 was a “sham.” Part three of “American Default.”

Dean Acheson thought FDR’s gold program was “a sham.” He quit.

May 23, 2018

May 23, 2018

OpinionSebastian Edwards

When Franklin Roosevelt Dropped a Bombshell on Gold

The global reaction in fall 1933 was calm bewilderment. Second of four excerpts from “American Default.”

Those fireside chats could be pretty incendiary.

May 22, 2018

May 22, 2018

OpinionSebastian Edwards

The Untold Story of FDR and the Battle Over Gold

First of four excerpts from “American Default,” on one of the strangest and most enduring chapters of the Roosevelt era.

FDR with Henry Morgenthau Jr., second from left, and George Warren, fourth from left.