The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been strongly condemned by governments around the world. American and European leaders have imposed a wave of economic and financial sanctions against Russia. What is the purpose of these sanctions? How effective will they be in counteracting the Russian government's military goals? And what will be their economic and political consequences in Russia, Europe and the United States?
This panel event brings together experts in financial history to present a historical perspective on these burning issues. Panellists will discuss how economic sanctions have been used in the past, for what purpose and with what success. The event will ask how financial history can help us understand these current events.
Chair
Professor Mary Morgan is Albert O. Hirschman Professor in the Economic History Department. Her research interests include history, philosophy and sociology of economics and statistics. Her current work is on case studies and the ways in which economic ideas and technologies reshape economies in the world.
Panel
Professor Olivier Accominotti is a member of the Economic History Department at LSE. His research interests are the history of money and finance, especially the propagation of financial crises, the determinants of global capital flows, the political economy of exchange rate policies and the effect of political institutions on countries’ access to capital markets.
Professor Albrecht Ritschl is a member of the Economic History Department at LSE. His research interests include debt crises, financial crises, historical business cycles, macroeconomic history and monetary history.
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