Fred Bergsten
C. Fred Bergsten has been director of the Peterson Institute for
International Economics since its creation in 1981. The institute is the
only major research institution in the United States devoted to
international economic issues. It has been called “the most influential
think tank on the planet,” has a staff of about 50, averages two or
three publications per month and holds at least one conference or policy
meeting every week. Bergsten testifies frequently before Congress and
appears often on television.
The assistant secretary for international affairs of the United
States Treasury from 1977 to 1981, Bergsten also functioned as
undersecretary for monetary affairs from 1980 to 1981. From 1969 to
1971, Bergsten coordinated U.S. foreign economic policy in the White
House as assistant for international economic affairs to Henry Kissinger
at the National Security Council. He has been a senior fellow at the
Brookings Institution, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and
the Council on Foreign Relations, and is co-chairman of the Private
Sector Advisory Group to the United States–India Trade Policy Forum.
Bergsten was a member of the two leading commissions on reform of the
international monetary system: the Independent Task Force on the Future
International Financial Architecture, sponsored by the Council on
Foreign Relations, and the International Financial Institutions Advisory
Commission, created by Congress. He has authored, co-authored, or
edited 40 books on international economic issues, including The Long-Term International Economic Position of the United States and The United States and the World Economy: Foreign Economic Policy for the Next Decade, and has had 17 articles published in Foreign Affairs.
Bergsten has received the Meritorious Honor Award of the Department
of State, the Exceptional Service Award of the Treasury Department, and
the Legion d’Honneur from the Government of France. He has been named an
honorary fellow of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Bergsten
earned two master’s degrees and a doctorate from the Fletcher School of
Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and a bachelor’s degree from
Central Methodist University.
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