Charles P. Kindleberger

Charles P. Kindleberger (1910–2003) was an American economic historian who taught international economics at MIT for more than three decades, retiring as Ford International Professor of Economics. Earlier he worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Bank for International Settlements, served in the Office of Strategic Services during World War II, and was a leading architect of the Marshall Plan at the State Department. His book The World in Depression, 1929–1939 laid the groundwork for hegemonic stability theory.