Christopher Mitchell is an Assistant Professor of Politics and International Relations at Mount Holyoke College. His research explores the politics of finance and financial crises, especially in the European Union. Mitchell's previous book, Saving the Market From Itself: The Politics of Financial Intervention examined how the differing forms of bank interdependence produced more generous bank bailouts in Germany than in the US and UK in the 2007-2009 crisis. He has previously worked for the US International Trade Commission, the World Bank, the UN Foundation, and the US Congress.