Pippa Malmgren

Karen Philippa "Pippa" Malmgren (born May 21, 1962) is an American technology entrepreneur and economist. She is the daughter of Harald Malmgren (1935 – 2025),[2] who served as an advisor to several US Presidents.[3]

She served as Special Assistant to the President of the United States, George W. Bush, for Economic Policy on the National Economic Council and is a former member of the U.S. President's Working Group on Financial Markets and The President's Working Group on Corporate Governance. She wrote the dissertation "Economic Statecraft: United States Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Policy" to obtain her PhD in International Relations from the London School of Economics (LSE) in 1991[4] and was the commencement speaker at LSE in 2013 and 2016.[citation needed]

Malmgren is the author of Geopolitics for Investors, Signals: How Everyday Signs Help Us Navigate the World's Turbulent Economy, The Leadership Lab and The Infinite Leader. She has been credited with the first usage of the term "shrinkflation".[5][6]

In 2009 Malmgren was co-founder of Principalis Asset Management, an investment firm.[7]

Malmgren spoke on timelines of economic recovery in Asia,[8] Japan,[9] and the United States.[10][11]

Selected publications

References

  1. ^ Malmgren, Karen Philippa (1991). Economic statecraft: United States antidumping and countervailing duty policy (phd thesis). London School of Economics and Political Science.
  2. ^ "LSE Connect". Lse.ac.uk. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  3. ^ Curl, Joseph (August 22, 2024). "Former Top Presidential Aide Claims He Was Briefed on 'Otherworld Technologies' by CIA". The New York Sun. Archived from the original on August 23, 2024. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
  4. ^ "Economic Statecraft: United States Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Policy" (PDF). London School of Economics. Retrieved November 25, 2021.
  5. ^ "That Shrinking Feeling". Merriam Webster dictionary. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
  6. ^ Kennedy, Simon (September 5, 2014). "'Shrinkflation' is giving us less for the money". The Oregonian. p. 33. Retrieved April 23, 2025.
  7. ^ Craig, Phil; Cobley, Mark (August 11, 2009). "Ex-Adviser to Bush Helps Launch Investment Firm". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
  8. ^ Blustein, Paul (December 18, 1997). "Economy in Asia still uncertain". Journal and Courier. p. 3. Retrieved April 23, 2025.
  9. ^ Gewirtz, Carl (April 27, 1998). "Tokyo's Stimulus Plan Doesn't Excite Markets". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 23, 2025.
  10. ^ Keenan, Brendan (May 27, 2004). "Bumpy path to recovery ahead, warns US analyst". Irish Independent. pp. T20. Retrieved April 23, 2025.
  11. ^ Saft, James (May 8, 2008). "The costs of inflation". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 23, 2025.
  12. ^ Hilton, Anthony (2018). "Why the secret to being a good leader hasn't changed". Evening Standard. pp. A52. Retrieved April 23, 2025.