Maurice Obstfeld

He is at Berkeley forever and always.

Professors, thank you so much for joining us.

What I see percolating right now, Maurice Obstfeld,

is real tensions about supply lines falling apart, supply lines fragile because of tariffs.

The interstitial wiring of our trade system, is it broken?

there just seems to be two americas one affected by goods and trade and worry and angst and another a financial boom like morgan stanley can we exist like this

Professor Obstfeld, synthesize here, say the work of Douglas Irwin at Dartmouth, with down the hall from you at Berkeley, Barry Eichengreen, and this whole trade upset, and the risk to the dollar.

This goes back to Obstfeld, Rogoff, and frankly, back to Mundell.

I'm assuming you don't have a fear of the gloom crew on the dollar.

Is that correct?

Maurice, I got to go to breaking news.

Paul, can I ask a rude question of Professor Hobsfeld?

Professor, an Eichengreen question for you.

Maurice Hobsfeld on gold at $4,200 an ounce.

What would Barry say?

Professor, we've got to leave it there.

Too short a visit.

Thank you so much.

Thank you to you and the Peterson Institute, Adam Posen, Professor Blanchard, and others for just great support of what we do.

Maurice Absfeld, forever from the University of California at Berkeley.