Jeffry Frieden: Retreat from Globalization? Current U.S. Policies and Historical Precedents (Econofact Podcast)

Professor Jeffry Frieden joins EconoFact Chats to discuss present and past linkages between domestic politics and international economics.

October 12, 2025

Professor Jeffry Frieden was a guest on the EconoFact Chats podcast to discuss current policies on globalization. Frieden is a professor of International and Public Affairs and Political Science at Columbia University, where he also serves on the advisory board of the Center for Political Economy.

The Sept. 28 podcast explores the change in U.S. policy about globalization. The podcast summary notes that “The post-war international economic order was based on two fundamental pillars: American leadership and multilateralism. Both of those are, to some extent, under threat today. The United States is on a different path with respect to international economic relations, than had been the case over the past decades.”