Brigitte Young, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Brigitte Young

International development specialist

Date of Birth: 26-May-1946

Place of Birth: Groß Sankt Florian, Styria, Austria

Profession: professor, economist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Brigitte Young (born 26 May 1946 in Groß Sankt Florian, Austria), is Professor Emeritus of International political economy at the Institute of Political Science, University of Münster, Germany.
Her research areas include economic globalization, global governance, feminist economics, international trade, global financial market governance and monetary policy.
She has worked on EU-US financial regulatory frameworks, European economic and monetary integration and heterodox economic theories.
She is the author of many journal articles and books in English and German on the Global financial crisis of 2008–2009, the US Subprime mortgage crisis, the European sovereign-debt crisis, and the role of Germany and France in resolving the Euro crisis.