Ashoka Mody
Charles and Marie Robertson Visiting Professor in International Economic Policy at the Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University
Ashoka Mody is the Charles and Marie Robertson Visiting Professor in International Economic Policy at the Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University. Previously, he was Deputy Director in the International Monetary Fund’s Research and European Departments. He was responsible for the IMF’s Article IV consultations with Germany, Ireland, Switzerland, and Hungary, and also for the design of Ireland's financial rescue program. Earlier, at the World Bank, his management positions included those in Project Finance and Guarantees and in the Prospects Group, where he coordinated and was principal author of the Global Development Finance Report of 2001. He has advised governments worldwide on developmental and financial projects and policies, while writing extensively for policy and scholarly audiences.
Mody has been a Member of Staff at AT&T’s Bell Laboratories, a Research Associate at the Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum, and a Visiting Professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. He is a non-resident fellow at the Center for Financial Studies, Frankfurt and the Center for Global Government, Washington D.C. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from Boston University.
Featured work
Is the EU a superpower?
As China and the US battle for global supremacy, the EU seems to remain in the shadows. But what if the EU had been shaping the world economy all alon
Director's Cut: The drama of the EU and euro area
Bruegel's director, Guntram Wolff, is joined by Ashoka Mody, visiting professor in international economic policy at Princeton University to discuss to
The market's troubling message
Amid one of the worst market routs on record, a chorus of reassuring economic commentators insists that global fundamentals are sound and investors ar
The ECB and the Fed: a comparative narrative
Although the Great Recession was viewed as a US problem, the Eurozone was affected by it from the start. This column compares the monetary policy resp
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Annual meetings
04 September 2019
Bruegel Annual Meetings 2019, 4-5 September
The 2019 Annual Meetings featured the launch of Bruegel's memos to the new European Leadership, proposing how to deal with future policy challenges
Podcast
03 March 2020
Is the EU a superpower?
As China and the US battle for global supremacy, the EU seems to remain in the shadows. But what if the EU had been shaping the world economy all alon
Event
03 March 2020
The Sound of Economics Live - The Brussels effect: How the European Union rules the world
This was a live recording of an episode of the Sound of Economics, Bruegel's podcast series. The discussion centered around the book of Anu Bradford,
Event
04 September 2019
Bruegel Annual Meetings 2019
Bruegel's 2019 Annual Meetings will be held on 4-5 September and feature the launch of Bruegel's Memos to the New European Commission.
Podcast
27 June 2018
Director's Cut: The drama of the EU and euro area
Bruegel's director, Guntram Wolff, is joined by Ashoka Mody, visiting professor in international economic policy at Princeton University to discuss to
Event
27 June 2018
Euro tragedy: a drama in nine acts
This event featured a presentation by Ashoka Mody of his new book, which argues that the Euro is at the root of the problems the European Union faces
Opinion piece
30 January 2016
The market's troubling message
Amid one of the worst market routs on record, a chorus of reassuring economic commentators insists that global fundamentals are sound and investors ar
Blog post
21 January 2016
The ECB and the Fed: a comparative narrative
Although the Great Recession was viewed as a US problem, the Eurozone was affected by it from the start. This column compares the monetary policy resp
Opinion piece
14 January 2016
Greece: a European tragedy
Wrapped up in the details of pension reforms and home foreclosure—matters that, no doubt, have important consequences for many— the big picture has fa
Opinion piece
13 January 2016
Delays and half measures
Are the eurozone’s continuing woes the result of its incomplete construction or because of policy errors in responding to the crisis?