The Life and Political Economy of Lauchlin CurrieLauchlin Curries contribution to monetary theory and policies during the New Deal and in the postwar period when he became one of the most important economic advisors to several presidents of Colombia is the subject of this biography. Currie was a major economic advisor to president Franklin D. Roosevelt, and as his administrative assistant from 1939 until the presidents death in 1945 helped shape Roosevelts thinking on economic issues. His