What is financial hegemony, and how does it end?

Since the mid-20th century, the US government, companies, and financial sector have greatly benefitted from global financial dominance – or ‘‘hegemony’’.

Our Assistant Professor in Political Economy Dr Benjamin Braun will be speaking on this topic as part of the Autumn Term Research Showcase series on Tuesday 18 November at 11.00 am in the Shaw Library.

Dr Braun will be examining the likely implications of the policies of the second Trump administration for US financial hegemony. How do other financial centres react? Are foreign investors pivoting away from US financial assets? And how high of a global price are major Wall Street actors willing to pay for tax cuts and deregulation at home?

The Research Showcase series offers short, coffee-break research talks that are open to the LSE community, including researchers, PS staff, current and prospective students and alumni.