Benn Steil

Benn Steil is senior fellow and director of international economics, as well as the official historian in residence, at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. He is also the founding editor of International Finance, a scholarly economics journal; lead writer of the Council’s Geo-Graphics economics blog; and creator of six web-based interactives tracking Global Growth, Global Monetary Policy, Global Imbalances, Sovereign Risk, Central Bank Currency Swaps, and China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Prior to his joining the Council in 1999, he was director of the International Economics Programme at the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London. He came to the Institute in 1992 from a Lloyd’s of London Tercentenary Research Fellowship at Nuffield College, Oxford, where he received his MPhil and DPhil (PhD) in economics. He also holds a BSc in economics summa cum laude from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Benn Steil
Education	BSc in Economics (summa cum laude), Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. MPhil, DPhil (PhD) in Economics, Nuffield College, Oxford
Occupation	Economist, Writer
Title	Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics

Career

Dr. Steil has written and spoken widely on international finance, monetary policy, financial markets, and economic and diplomatic history. He has testified before the U.S. House, Senate, and CFTC, and is a regular op-ed writer and commentator on CNBC. His most recent book, The Marshall Plan: Dawn of the Cold War, won the New-York Historical Society’s 2019 Barbara and David Zalaznick Prize for best work on American history,[1] won the American Academy of Diplomacy’s 2018 Douglas Dillon Prize,[2] won the Honorable Mention (runner-up) for the 2019 ASEEES Marshall D. Shulman Prize,[3] was shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize,[4] and is ranked number 3 among BookAuthority’s Best Diplomacy Books of All Time. Paul Kennedy in the Wall Street Journal called the book “brilliant,” the New York Times called it “trenchant and timely,” the Financial Times called it “elegant in style and impressive in insights,” and the Christian Science Monitor called it a “gripping, complex, and critically important story that is told with clarity and precision.” His previous book, The Battle of Bretton Woods: John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White, and the Making of a New World Order, won the 2013 Spear’s Book Award in Financial History,[5] took third prize in CFR’s 2014 Arthur Ross Book Award competition,[6] was shortlisted for the 2014 Lionel Gelber Prize[7] (“the world’s most important prize for non-fiction,” according to The Economist), and was the top book-of-the-year choice in Bloomberg’s 2013 poll of global policymakers and CEOs.  The Financial Times called the book “a triumph of economic and diplomatic history,”[8] the Wall Street Journal called it “a superb history,” the New York Times called it “the gold standard on its subject,” and Bloomberg’s Tom Keene called it “the publishing event of the season.” An earlier book, Money, Markets, and Sovereignty, won the 2010 Hayek Book Prize.

Awards and honors

• 2019 - Honorable Mention (runner-up) for the ASEEES Marshall D. Shulman Prize for The Marshall Plan.[3]
• 2018 - Shortlisted for the 2018 Duff Cooper Prize in Literary Nonfiction for The Marshall Plan.[4]
• 2018 - American Academy of Diplomacy's Douglas Dillon Book Award for The Marshall Plan.[2]
• 2018 - New-York Historical Society’s Barbara and David Zalaznick Book Prize in American History, winner for The Marshall Plan.[9]
• 2014 - Shortlisted for the 2014 Lionel Gelber Prize for The Battle of Bretton Woods.[7]
• 2014 - Third prize in CFR’s 2014 Arthur Ross Book Award competition for The Battle of Bretton Woods.[6]
• 2013 - Spear's Book Award in Financial History for The Battle of Bretton Woods.[10]
• 2010 - Hayek Prize from the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research for Money, Markets and Sovereignty.[11]

Works

• The Marshall Plan: Dawn of the Cold War (2018) ISBN 1501102370[12]
• The Battle of Bretton Woods: John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White, and the Making of a New World Order (2013)[13][14]
• Money, Markets and Sovereignty (2009, with Manuel Hinds)[13][14]
• Financial Statecraft: The Role of Financial Markets in American Foreign Policy (2006, with Robert E. Litan)[13][14]

References

1. "New-York Historical Society | BENN STEIL TO BE AWARDED NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S 2019 BARBARA AND DAVID ZALAZNICK BOOK PRIZE IN AMERICAN HISTORY FOR THE MARSHALL PLAN: DAWN OF THE COLD WAR". www.nyhistory.org. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
2. "Benn Steil". The American Academy of Diplomacy. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
3. "2019 Marshall D. Shulman Book Prize | ASEEES". www.aseees.org. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
4. https://www.simonandschuster.biz/books/The-Marshall-Plan/Benn-Steil/9781501102387. Missing or empty |title= (help)
5. "Spear's Book Awards 2013". www.spearswms.com. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
6. "Past Winners of the Arthur Ross Book Award". Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
7. (PDF) https://munkschool.utoronto.ca/gelber/wp-content/uploads/Lionel-Gelber-Prize-2014-Longlist-Announced.pdf. Missing or empty |title= (help)
8. "Subscribe to read | Financial Times". www.ft.com. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
9. Jennifer Schuessler (March 11, 2019). "Scholar of the Marshall Plan Wins American History Book Prize". The New York Times. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
10. "Benn Steil Wins the 2013 Spear's Book Award". Princeton University Press. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
11. "The Manhattan Institute's 2010 Hayek Prize Awarded to Steil & Hinds: Defenders of Economic Liberalism" (PDF). Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
12. "The Marshall Plan: Dawn of the Cold War: Benn Steil: 9781501102370: Amazon.com: Books". www.amazon.com.
13. "Dr. Benn Steil". King World News. Archived from the original on 6 July 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
14. "Benn Steil". Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved 25 July 2014.

External links

• Benn Steil on Twitter