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’’.

In this talk, Dr Benjamin Braun examines 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?

Benjamin Braun is an assistant professor in political economy. His research interests include the role of finance in capitalism, macrofinance, and the green transition. His academic work has been published in, among other journals, Perspectives on Politics, Socio-Economic Review, and Review of International Political Economy. He is currently writing a book about asset manager capitalism, under contract with Chicago University Press.

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