Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)

The mission of the Political Economy Research Institute is to initiate, organize, and provide both resources and a location for policy-relevant research, education, and outreach in the areas of domestic and international macroeconomics, labor economics, economic development, and global integration. Graduate students and faculty from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and visiting scholars, including postdoctoral fellows, come to the Institute to undertake research on problems of critical domestic and international importance in the defined areas. Issues such as increasing income and wealth inequality, problems facing low wage workers, underemployment, environmental deterioration in the United States and abroad, and problems created by speculative financial flows within and between countries are among the topics that Institute researchers will study. The Center is located on the 10th floor of Thompson Hall. Co-Directors: Gerald Epstein, Professor of Economics, tel. (413) 545-6355, e-mail: gepstein@econs.umass.edu; Robert N. Pollin, Professor of Economics, tel. 577-0126, e-mail: pollin@econs.umass.edu.