Michael D. Bordo

Michael D. Bordo is the Ilene and Morton Harris Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution and Board of Governors Professor of Economics at Rutgers University, where he directs the Center for Monetary and Financial History. He has held academic positions at the University of South Carolina and Carleton University, and served as visiting professor at UCLA, Carnegie Mellon, Princeton, Harvard, and as Pitt Professor of American History and Institutions at Cambridge University. His affiliations include research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, member of the Shadow Open Market Committee, and the Federal Reserve Centennial Advisory Committee.

• BA from McGill University
• MSc in Economics from London School of Economics
• PhD from University of Chicago (1972)

Bordo's research focuses on monetary economics, economic history, financial crises, and international monetary systems. His work examines historical performance of central banks, policy uncertainty impacts on lending, financial globalization trends, and credibility frameworks for monetary authorities. Recent projects include a Hoover Institution book analyzing Federal Reserve rules-based policymaking.

His publications span 14 books and numerous articles in top journals like American Economic Review and Journal of Monetary Economics. Key works include Strained Relations (2014) on US foreign exchange policy, The Great Inflation (2013) with Orphanides, and Globalization in Historical Perspective (2003) with Taylor and Williamson. He also edits Studies in Macroeconomic History for Cambridge University Press.

• Ilene and Morton Harris Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution
• Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research
• Member, Shadow Open Market Committee
• Member, Federal Reserve Centennial Advisory Committee