Pollin to discuss 'Green Growth' in Distinguished Faculty Lecture
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Robert N. Pollin, economist and co-director of the Political Economy Research Institute, will speak on “How Green Growth Can Revive the Economy” to open the Distinguished Faculty Lectures on Monday, Oct. 20 at 4 p.m. in the Massachusetts Room of the Mullins Center.
Pollin says the United States economy faces four fundamental threats: environmental problems, wage stagnation and sluggish job creation, dependence on foreign oil, and persistent trade deficits. Based on his ongoing research, Pollin will propose in his talk a unified approach to dealing with all four problems, focused on a major clean energy investment program to spur conservation, renewable energy development, and creation of millions of decent jobs.
Pollin joined the faculty in 1998 as a professor of Economics and founding co-director of the Political Economy Research Institute. His research centers on macroeconomics, conditions for low-wage workers in the U.S. and globally, the analysis of financial markets, and the economics of building a clean-energy economy in the U.S. Most recently, he co-authored the reports “Job Opportunities for the Green Economy” (June 2008) and “Green Recovery” (September 2008), exploring the broader economic benefits of large-scale investments in a clean-energy economy in the U.S.
His books include: A Measure of Fairness: The Economics of Living Wages and Minimum Wages in the United States (co-authored, 2008) and Contours of Descent: U.S. Economic Fractures and the Landscape of Global Austerity (2003).
Pollin earned a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and a master’s degree and doctorate in economics from the New School for Social Research in New York City in 1979 and 1982, respectively.
The event is free and open to the public.
A reception follows each talk. Faculty members in the series receive Chancellor’s Medal, the highest honor bestowed on individuals for exemplary and extraordinary service to the campus. The lecture series is sponsored by the offices of the chancellor and the provost.
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