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Education

  • Ph.D., New School for Social Research (1982)
  • B.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison (1972)

Professional Experience

1973-75: Cultural Writer and Book Reviewer, Washington Star Newspaper, Washington, D.C.

1975-80: Economic Researcher and Writer, Tanzer Economic Associates, New York, NY

1982-88: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of California, Riverside

1988-94: Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of California, Riverside

1994-98: Professor, Department of Economics, University of California, Riverside

1998- 2012: Professor of Economics and Co-Director, Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

2013 – present: Distinguished Professor of Economics and Co-Director, Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

2011 - President of PEAR (Pollin Energy and Retrofits).

Other Professional Activities

1985-93: National Steering Committee, Union for Radical Political Economics

1986-present: Editorial Associate, Dollars and Sense magazine

1987-89: Consultant, Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress

1990: Consultant to United Nations Development Program, Project on Bolivia

1992: Economic Spokesperson, Presidential Campaign of Gov. Jerry Brown

1992-93: Member of Capital Formation Subcouncil of Competitiveness Policy Council, U.S. government

1992-present: Editorial Advisory Board, International Review of Applied Economics

1993: External Consultant, Graduate Program in Political Economy, Department of Economics, American University

1993-98: Research Associate, Economic Policy Institute, Washington, D.C.

1997-99: Member of Review of Radical Political Economics editorial collective for special issues in honor of David M. Gordon.

1999-2001: Advisory Board, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy/Citizens for Tax Justice

1999-present: Board of Directors, Center for Economic and Policy Research

1999: Reviewer of Department of Community Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz.

2000: Consultant to Santa Monica, California City Council on Living Wage proposal.

2003: Consultant to “Now with Bill Moyers,” Pubic Broadcasting System special “A Question of Fairness,” on Inequality in the United States.

2004 07: Consultant to United Nations Development Program, “Employment-Targeted Macroeconomic Policies for South Africa, Ghana and Kenya.”

2004: Consultant to City of Santa Fe, New Mexico, on Living Wage law and legal challenge to law.

2006 – present: “Economic Prospects” Columnist for New Labor Forum.

2008 – present: Member of Board of Governors, Graduate School, New School For Social Research

2008 2010: Consultant to Natural Resources Defense Council on Green Economics and Employment

2008-09: Consultant to Alliance for American Manufacturing on U.S. infrastructure investments

2009: Consultant to World Wildlife Federation-Canada on Green Economics and Employment

2009: Consultant to New York State Parks Commission on economic impact of NY State parks

2009: Consultant to Nashville, TN Living Wage Coalition

2009-2011: Consultant to U.S. Department of Energy on Employment Effects of Federal Government Stimulus Program

2011 present: Board of Advisors, Boston Review

2011 – present: Member of Sen. Bernie Sanders Advisory Committee on Federal Reserve Reform

2012 – 2016: U.S. Consultant and Member of Scientific Advisory Committee, European Commission project on Financialization, Economy, Society, and Sustainable Development (FESSUD)

2012-2015: Project Director on Global Green Growth, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).

2014 2015: Consultant to Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE) on U.S. transportation infrastructure investments and job creation.

2015: Member of 2-person AQAD review, Economics Department, University of Massachusetts-Lowell, March-May. 2015: Consultant to PODEMOS, Spain—on clean energy program and macroeconomic policy.

2015 present: Member of South African National Minimum Wage Research Initiative Oversight Committee, University of Witwatersrand.

2016 - present: Consultant to Washington State Labor Council and United Steelworkers on statewide Green Growth and Just Transition program for Washington State.

2016 present: Consultant to New York Renews on NY State Green Growth and Just Transition program for New York State.

Honors and Awards

Honors Recipient, University of Wisconsin (1972); Honors Recipient for Doctoral Exams, New School for Social Research (1979); Distinguished Teaching Award, Humanities and Social Sciences, University of California-Riverside (1982-83); Recipient, University of California Regents' Fellowship (1985-86); Distinguished Outreach Professor, University of Massachusetts-Amherst (2006); Distinguished Faculty Research Lecture, University of Massachusetts- Amherst (2008-09); 2009 Convocation Award for Outstanding Accomplishments in Research and Creative Activity, University of Massachusetts-Amherst; 2011 Distinguished Service Award, The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, University of Massachusetts-Amherst; City of Justice Honor Award, Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy, 2012; one of Foreign Policy magazine’s 100 Leading Global Thinkers for 2013.

Courses Taught

 

UNDERGRADUATE

  • Introduction to Economics (History of Thought and Economic Issues)
  • Money, Credit and Banking

  • Money, Credit and Economic Policy

  • Introduction to Econometrics

  • Applied Econometrics

  • International Economics

  • International Finance

  • Introduction to Macroeconomics

  • Introduction to Microeconomics

  • Intermediate Macroeconomics

GRADUATE

  • Macroeconomic Theory (mainstream and alternative perspectives)
  • Money, Credit and the Macroeconomy
  • Ecological Macroeconomics
  • Labor Markets, Distribution, and Macroeconomic Activity Applied Econometrics
     
  • 32 Completed Doctoral Dissertations Supervised
  • Doctoral Committee Member on 18 Completed Dissertations

Publications

BOOKS

  1. The Living Wage: Building a Fair Economy, (with Stephanie Luce), The New Press, 1998; paperback edition, 2000.
  2. Contours of Descent: U.S. Economic Fractures and the Landscape of Global Austerity, Verso 2003; paperback edition with new Afterward, 2005.
  3. An Employment-Targeted Economic Program for South Africa (with Gerald Epstein, James Heintz, and Leonce Ndikumana), 2006, United Nations Development Program and Edward Elgar.
  4. An Employment-Targeted Economic Program for Kenya (with Mwangi Githinji and James Heintz), United Nations Development Program and Edward Elgar, fall 2007 with UNDP, 2008 with Edward Elgar.
  5. A Measure of Fairness: The Economics of Living Wages and Minimum Wages in the United States (with Mark Brenner, Stephanie Luce, and Jeannette Wicks-Lim) 2008, Cornell University Press.
  6. Back to Full Employment, 2012, MIT Press.
  7. Green Growth: A U.S. Program for Controlling Climate Change and Expanding Job Opportunities, 2014, Center for American Progress (with James Heintz, Heidi Garrett-Peltier, and Bracken Hendricks.
  8. Global Green Growth: Clean Energy Industrial Investments and Expanding Job Opportunities, 2015, United Nations Industrial Development Organization and Global Green Growth Institute (with James Heintz, Heidi Garrett-Peltier, and Shouvik Chakraborty).
  9. Greening the Global Economy, MIT Press 2015.

Edited Books

  1. Transforming the U.S. Financial System: Equity and Efficiency for the 21st Century (with G. Dymski and G. Epstein), Under sponsorship of the Economic Policy Institute, Washington, D.C., M.E. Sharpe Publisher, 1993.
  2. New Perspectives in Monetary Macroeconomics: Explorations in the Tradition of Hyman Minsky (with G. Dymski), University of Michigan Press, 1994.
  3. The Macroeconomics of Saving, Finance, and Investment, University of Michigan Press, 1997.
  4. Globalization and Progressive Economic Policy, (with D. Baker and G. Epstein), Cambridge University Press, 1998.
  5. Capitalism, Socialism, and Radical Political Economy: Essays in Honor of Howard J. Sherman, Edward Elgar Press, 2000.​​​​​​​
  6. ​​​​​​​Human Development in the Era of Globalization: Essays in Honor of Keith B. Griffin, (with J. Boyce, S. Cullenberg, and P. Pattanaik) Edward Elgar, 2006​​​​​​​
  7. ​​​​​​​Capitalism on Trial: Explorations in the Tradition of Thomas E. Weisskopf (with J. Wicks-Lim), Edward Elgar, 2013.

Monographs and Published Reports

  1. Deeper in Debt: The Changing Financial Conditions of U.S. Households, Economic Policy Institute, Washington, D.C., 1990, 78 pages.
  2. Economic Analysis of Florida Minimum Wage Proposal, September 2004, (with Mark Brenner and Jeanette Wicks-Lim,” Center for American Progress,” 84 published monograph pages.
  3. Decent Work in America: The State-by-State Work Environment Index, 2005 (with James Heintz and Jeannette Wicks-Lim) Political Economy Research Institute, 10 published monograph pages.
  4. Economic Analysis of Arizona Minimum Wage Proposal, October 2006 (with Jeannette Wicks-Lim) Center for American Progress, 95 published monograph pages.
  5. The U.S. Employment Effects of Military and Domestic Spending Priorities, October 2007 (with Heidi Garrett-Peltier), Institute for Policy Studies, Women’s Action for New Directions, and Political Economy Research Institute, 16 published monograph pages.
  6. Job Opportunities for the Green Economy: A State-by-State Picture of Occupations that Gain From Green Investments, June 2008 (with Jeannette Wicks-Lim), Natural Resources Defense Council and Political Economy Research Institute, 15 published monograph pages.
  7. Green Recovery: A Program to Create Good Jobs and Start Building a Low-Carbon Economy, September 2008 (with Heidi Garrett-Peltier, James Heintz, and Helen Scharber), Center for American Progress and Political Economy Research Institute, 42 monograph pages.
  8. How Infrastructure Investments Support the U.S. Economy: Employment Productivity and Growth, January 2009 (with James Heintz and Heidi Garrett-Peltier), Alliance for American Manufacturing, 65 monograph pages.
  9. The Economic Benefits of Investing in Clean Energy” June 2009 (with James Heintz and Heidi Garrett- Peltier) , Center for American Progress, 69 monograph pages.
  10. Green Prosperity: How Clean Energy Policies can Fight Poverty and Raise Living Standards in the United States, June 2009 (with Jeannette Wicks-Lim and Heidi Garrett-Peltier), Natural Resources Defense Council and Green for All, 50 monograph pages.
  11. The Economic Benefits of a Green Chemical Industry in the United States, 2011, (with James Heintz) Blue/Green Alliance, 44 pages.
  12. 19 Million Jobs for U.S. Workers: The Impact of Channeling $1.4 Trillion in Excess Liquid Asset Holdings into Productive Investments (with James Heintz, Heidi Garrett-Peltier, and Jeannette Wicks-Lim), Political Economy Research Institute, 2011, 67 pages.
  13. Study of the U.S. Financial System (with James Heintz), FESSUD, June 2013, 315 pages.
  14. Strengthening U.S. Manufacturing Through Public Procurement Policies: How Public Procurement Policies Can Promote Innovation and Good Jobs (with James Heintz and Jeannette Wicks-Lim) Political Economy Research Institute, November 2015, 115 pages.

Scholarly Articles

 

  1. "Stability and Instability in the Debt-Income Relationship," American Economic Review, May, 1985, pp. 344-350
  2. "Alternative Perspectives on the Rise of Corporate Debt Dependency: The U.S. Post-war Experience," Review of Radical Political Economics, Spring & Summer 1986, pp. 205-235.
  3. "Corporate Interest Payments and the Falling Rate of Profit in the U. S. Postwar Economy," Economic Forum,Winter, 1986-87, pp. 129-145.
  4. "The Growth of U. S. Household Debt: Demand-Side Influences," Journal of Macroeconomics, Spring 1988, pp. 231-248.
  5. "Debt Crisis, Accumulation Crisis and Economic Restructuring in Latin America," (with D. Alarcon), International Review of Applied Economics, pp.127-154. Vol 2, No. 2, 1988.
  6. "Two Theories of Money Supply Endogeneity: Some Empirical Evidence," Journal of Post-Keynesian Economics, Spring 1991, pp.336-396.
  7. "Growing U.S. Budget Deficits and Declining Economic Performance: What is the Connection," Review of Radical Political Economics, Fall 1989, pp. 51-57.
  8. "The Illusion of an Improved CPI," (with M. Stone and J. Hammaker) Challenge, January- February 1991, pp.53-57.
  9. "Destabilizing Finance Worsened the Recession," Challenge, March-April 1992, pp. 17-24.
  10. "Financial Structures and Egalitarian Economic Policy," New Left Review, 214, November/December 1995, 26-61.
  11. 10a. "Financial Structures and Egalitarian Economic Policy," International Papers in Political Economy December 1995, (somewhat shorter and more technical version of New Left Review article cited above).
  12. "'Socialization of Investment' and 'Euthanasia of the Rentier': The Relevance of Keynesian Economic Policy Today," International Review of Applied Economics, January 1996.
  13. “The Vietnam War and the Political Economy of Full Employment,” (with Dean Baker and Elizabeth Zahrt), Challenge, May-June, 1996, pp. 35-45.
  14. “Contemporary Economic Stagnation in World Historical Perspective,” (review article of G. Arrighi, The Long Twentieth Century) New Left Review, September/October 1996, 109-118.
  15. “The Relevance of Hyman Minsky,” Challenge, March-April 1997, 75-94.
  16. “Theory and Policy in Response to ‘Leaden Age’ Financial Instability: Comment on David Felix,” Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, Winter 1997/98, 223-34.
  17. “The 'Reserve Army of Unemployed' and the 'Natural Rate of Unemployment': Can Marx, Kalecki, Friedman, and Wall Street All Be Wrong?" Review of Radical Political Economics, Summer 1998, 1-13.
  18. “The 'Reserve Army of Unemployed' and the 'Natural Rate of Unemployment': Can Marx, Kalecki, Friedman, and Wall Street All Be Wrong?" reprinted in R. Baiman, H. Boushey, and D. Saunders, Political Economy and Contemporary Capitalism, M.E. Sharpe, 2000, 95-103.
  19. "Asset Exchanges, Financial Market Trading, and the M1 Income Velocity Puzzle," (with Marc Schaberg), Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, 135-62.
  20. "Can U.S. Cities Afford Living Wage Programs? An Examination of Alternatives," (with Stephanie Luce), Review of Radical Political Economics, Winter 1999, 16-53.
  21. "Robert Heilbroner: Worldly Philosopher," Challenge, May-June 1999, 34-52.
  22. "Class Conflict and the 'Natural Rate of Unemployment," Challenge, November-December 1999, 103-111.
  23. “Anatomy of Clintonomics,” New Left Review, May-June 2000, 17-46.
  24. “Anatomy of Clintonomics,” revised and somewhat more technical version in Philip Arestis and Malcolm Sawyer, eds., Economics of the Third Way, Edward Elgar, 2002.
  25. “What is a Living Wage? Considerations from Santa Monica, California,” Review of Radical Political Economics, Fall 2002, 267-73.
  26. “Intended vs. Unintended Consequences: Evaluating the New Orleans Living Wage Proposal,” (with Mark Brenner and Stephanie Luce) Journal of Economic Issues, December 2002, pp. 843 – 875.
  27. “Evaluation of a Proposal to Reinstate the New York State Stock Transfer Tax,” (with James Heintz, Challenge, July-August 2003, 71 – 105.
  28. “Securities Transaction Taxes for U.S. Financial Markets,” (with Dean Baker and Marc Schaberg), Eastern Economic Journal, Fall 2003, 527-59.
  29. Image removed.Stock Market Liquidity and Economic Growth: A Critical Appraisal of the Levine/Zervos Model,” (with Andong Zhu and Michael Ash), International Review of Applied Economics, 18:1 January 2004, 63 – 71.
  30. “Global Apparel Production and Sweatshop Labor: Can Raising Retail Prices Finance Living Wages?” (with Justine Burns and James Heintz), Cambridge Journal of Economics, March 2004, 28:2, 153-71.
  31. “Deepening Divides in the U.S. Economy, 2004: Jobless Recovery and the Return of Fiscal Deficits,” New School Economic Review, Fall 2004.
  32. “Evaluating Living Wage Laws in the U.S.: Good Intentions and Economic Reality in Conflict?” Economic Development Quarterly, 19:1, February 2005, pp. 3-24.
  33. “Inflation and Economic Growth: A Cross-Country Nonlinear Analysis,” (with Andong Zhu) Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, Summer 2006, pp. 593-614.
  34. “Expanding Decent Employment in Kenya: The Role of Monetary Policy, Inflation Control and the Exchange Rate,” (with James Heintz), International Poverty Centre of the United Nations Development Program, Country Study #6, <http://www.undp-povertycentre.org/pub/IPCCountryStudy006.pdf>, March 2007, 53 pages.
  35. Resurrection of the Rentier,” review article of Andrew Glyn, Capitalism Unleashed, in New Left Review, July-August 2007, pp. 140 – 153.“Targeting Employment Expansion, Economic Growth, and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: Outlines of An Alternative Economic Growth Program for the Region,” (with James Heintz), Economic Commission for Africa, http://www.peri.umass.edu/fileadmin/pdf/other_publication_types/Targeting_Employment_Expansion_-_Pollin_and_Heintz_-_final.pdf, March 2008, 67 pages.
  36. “The U.S. Employment Effects of Military and Domestic Spending Priorities,” (with Heidi Garrett- Peltier), International Journal of Health Services, 39:3, 2009, pp. 443-460.
  37. “Why U.S. Financial Markets Need a Public Credit Rating Agency,” (with M. Ahmed Diomande and James Heintz) The Economists’ Voice, June 2009, http://www.bepress.com/ev/vol6/iss6/art6/.
  38. “Interest Rate Exogeneity: Theory, Evidence, and Policy Issues for the U.S. Economy,” Economiaz, vol 72, no. 3, 2009, pp. 244-68.
  39. “Austerity is not a Solution: Why the Deficit Hawks are Wrong,” Challenge, November-December 2010.
  40. “State and Municipal Alternatives to Austerity,” New Labor Forum, 22:3, 2011, pp. 22-30.
  41. “U.S. Government Deficits and Debt amid the Great Recession, Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2012, 36, pp. 161-87.
  42. “Public Policy, Community Ownership, and Clean Energy,” Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy, and Society, 2012, 1-18.
  43. “Speculation on Commodities Futures Markets and Destabilization of Global Food Prices: Exploring the Connections,”(with Jayati Ghosh and James Heintz) International Journal of Health Services, 2012, 42:3, 465- 483.
  44. “The Great US Liquidity Trap of 2009-11: Are We Stuck Pushing on Strings?” Review of Keynesian Economics, 2012, 1:1, 55-76.
  45. “Austerity Economics and the Struggle for the Soul of U.S. Capitalism,” Social Research, 2013, 80:3, 749-80.
  46. “Does High Public Debt Consistently Stifle Economic Growth? A Critique of Reinhart and Rogoff,” (with Thomas Herndon and Michael Ash) Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2014, 38:2, pp. 257 – 280.
  47. “An Egalitarian Green Growth Program for India,” Economic and Political Weekly, (with Shouvik Chakraborty) 50:42, 10/17/15, pp. 38 – 51.
  48. “A $15 Minimum Wage: How the Fast-Food Industry Could Adjust without Shedding Jobs,” (with Jeannette Wicks-Lim), Journal of Economic Issues, 2016, 50:3, pp. 716 – 744.

Book Chapters

 

  1. "Basic Mineral Economics," in Michael Tanzer, The Race for Resources (Monthly Review Press, 1980), pp. 41-55.
  2. "Structural Change and Increasing Fragility in the U. S. Financial System," in Robert Cherry et. al., ed., The Imperiled Economy: Macroeconomic Perspectives From the Left, New York: Union for Radical Political Economics, 1987, pp.145-158.
  3. "Debt Dependency Growth and Financial Innovation: Instability in the U.S. and Latin America," in Arthur MacEwan and William Tabb, eds., Instability and Change in the World Economy, 1989, New York: Monthly Review Press. pp.121-146.
  4. "Hyman Minsky as Hedgehog: The Power of the Wall Street Paradigm," (with G. Dymski), in Steven Fazzari and Dimitri Papadimitriou, eds., Financial Conditions and Macroeconomic Performance: Essays in Honor of Hyman P. Minsky, 1992, M.E. Sharpe, pp. 27-62.
  5. "Budget Deficits and the U.S. Economy: Considerations in an Heilbronerian Mode," in Ronald Blackwell, Jaspal Chatha, and Edward Nell, eds., Economics as Worldly Philosophy: Essays in Political and Historical Economics in Honor of Robert Heilbroner, New York: St. Martins Press, 1993, pp. 107-144.
  6. "Introduction" (with G. Dymski and G. Epstein) in G. Dymski and G. Epstein, and R. Pollin eds., Transforming the U.S. Financial System: Equity and Efficnency for the 21st Century, M.E. Sharpe, pps. 3-20.
  7. "Public Credit Allocation through the Federal Reserve: Why it's Necessary; How it Should Be Done," in R. Pollin, G. Dymski and G. Epstein, eds., Transforming the U.S. Financial System: Equity and Efficiency for the 21st Century, M.E. Sharpe Publishers, pp. 321-354.
  8. "Introduction" (with G. Dymski) in Dymski and Pollin, eds., New Perspectives in Monetary Macroeconomics: Explorations in the Tradition of Hyman P. Minsky, University of Michigan Press, 1994, pp. 1-20.
  9. "Savings, Finance, and Interest Rates: An Empirical Consideration of Some Basic Keynesian Propositions," (with C. Justice) in G. Dymski and R. Pollin, eds. New Perspectives in Monetary Macroeconomics: Explorations in the Tradition of Hyman P. Minsky, University of Michigan Press, 1994, pp. 279-311.
  10. "The Costs and Benefits of Financial Instability: Big Government Capitalism and the Minsky Paradox," (with G. Dymski) in G. Dymski and R. Pollin, eds., New Perspectives in Monetary Macroeconomics: Explorations in the Tradition of Hyman P. Minsky, University of Michigan Press, 1994, pp. 369-402.
  11. "Marxian and Post Keynesian Developments in the Sphere of Money, Credit and Finance: Building Alternative Perspectives in Monetary Macroeconomics," in Mark Glick ed., Competition, Technology, and Money: Classical and Post Keynesian Perspectives Edward Elgar Publisher, 1994, pp. 97-117.
  12. "Saving and Finance: Real and Illusory Constraints on Full Employment Policy," in J. Michie and J. Grieve Smith, Restoring Full Employment: Rebuilding Industrial Capacity, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, pp. 254-88.
  13. "Money Supply Endogeneity: What are the Questions and Why do they Matter?" in Edward Nell and Ghislian Deleplace, eds., Money in Motion: The Circulation and Post-Keynesian Approaches, London: Macmillan, 1996, 490-515.
  14. "Robert Heilbroner,” (with Jerry Evensky), in Warren J. Samuels, ed., American Economists of the Late Twentieth Century, Brookfield, VT: Edward Elgar, 1996, 87-110.
  15. “Expansionary Policy for Full Employment in the United States: Retrospective on the 1960s and Current Period Prospects,” (with Elizabeth Zahrt) in Jonathan Michie and John Grieve Smith eds., Employment and Economic Performance: Jobs, Inflation and Growth, Oxford University Press, 1997, 36-75.
  16. "Financial Intermediation and the Variability of the Saving Constraint,” in R. Pollin, editor, The Macroeconomics of Saving, Finance, and Investment, U. of Michigan Press, 1997, 309-365.
  17. “Introduction” to R. Pollin, editor, The Macroeconomics of Saving, Finance, and Investment, U. of Michigan Press, 1997, 1-33.
  18. “Can Domestic Expansionary Policy Succeed in a Globally Integrated Environment? A Consideration of Alternatives,” in Globalization and Progressive Economic Policy, D. Baker, G. Epstein and R. Pollin, eds. Cambridge University Press, 1998, 433-60.
  19. “Introduction” to Globalization and Progressive Economic Policy, (with D. Baker and G. Epstein), Cambridge University Press, 1998, 1-34.
  20. “Introduction,” to Capitalism, Socialism, and Radical Political Economy: Essays in Honor of Howard J. Sherman, Edward Elgar Press, 2000, pp 1-4.
  21. “Comment on Philip O’Hara and Thomas Weisskopf,” in Capitalism, Socialism, and Radical Political Economy: Essays in Honor of Howard J. Sherman, Edward Elgar Press, 2000, pp. 48-51 Entry on “Savings,” in John King, ed., Elgar Companion to Post-Keynesian Economics, Edward Elgar, 2003, pp. 304-08.
  22. Image removed.Introduction to E.K. Hunt, Property and Prophets,, M.E. Sharpe, 2003, pp. ix – x.
  23. Image removed.“Applying a Securities Transaction Tax to the US: Design Issues, Market Impact, Revenue Estimates,” in James Weaver, Randall Dodd, and Jamie Baker, Debating the Tobin Tax: New Rules for Global Governance, Washington, DC: New Rules for Global Finance Coalition, 2003, pp. 119-134.
  24. “Globalization and the Transition to Egalitarian Development,” in J. Boyce, S. Cullenberg, P. Pattanaik, and R. Pollin, Egalitarian Development in the Era of Globalization: Essays in Honor of Keith B. Griffin, Edward Elgar, 2006, pp. 211-238.
  25. “Introduction,” to Egalitarian Development in the Era of Globalization: Essays in Honor of Keith B. Griffin (with J. Boyce, S. Cullenberg, and P. Pattanaik), 2006, pp. 1-14.
  26. “Neoliberal Globalization and the Question of Sweatshop Labor in Developing Countries,” in Judith Blau and Keri E. Iyall Smith eds., Public Sociologies Reader, Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2006, pp. 107-22.
  27. “Informalization, Economic Growth and the Challenge of Creating Viable Labor Standards in Developing Countries,” (with James Heintz), in Neema Kudva and Lourdes Beneria, Rethinking Informalization: Poverty, Precarious Jobs, and Social Protection, Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Open Access Repository, 2006, pp. 44-66.
  28. “Micro-Finance, Macro-Finance and Egalitarian Development,” in Phillip Arestis and John Eatwell eds., Finance and Industry: Essays in Honor of Ajit Singh, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
  29. “Labor Market Institutions and Employment Opportunities in Kenya,” in Dasgupta et al, Development, Equity and Poverty: Essays in Honur of Azizur Rahman Khan,” Macmillan 2010.
  30. “Considerations on Interest Rate Exogeneity,” in Basil Moore and Louis-Phillipe Ronchon, Post- Keynesian Monetary Theory: Reflections and Developments, Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishers.
  31. “Building the Green New Deal in the United States,” in Sebastian Dullien, Eckhard Hein, Achim Gruger, and Till van Treeck, The World Economy in Crisis—the Return of Keynesianism?, Marburg: Metropolis-Verlag, 201.0, pp. 319-36
  32. “Regulating Wall Street: Exploring the Political Economy of the Possible,” (with Gerald Epstein) in Malcolm Sawyer, ed. Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, and Economic Policy, Palgrave Macmillan, 2011, pp. 268- 87.
  33. “Theses on Weisskopf,” in J. Wicks-Lim and R. Pollin eds., Capitalism on Trial: Explorations in the Tradition of Thomas E. Weisskopf, Edward Elgar, 2013, pp. 42 – 59.
  34. “Introduction” (with J. Wicks-Lim) in Capitalism on Trial: Explorations in the Tradition of Thomas E. Weisskopf J. Wicks-Lim and Robert Pollin eds., Edward Elgar, 2013, pp. 1-16.
  35. “Short- and Long-Run Alternatives to Austerity in the U.S.” in T. Palley and G. Horn, eds., Restoring Shared Prosperity: A Policy Agenda from Leading Keynesian Economists,, 2013, pp. 63 – 71.
  36. “Raising U.S. Loving Standards through Controlling Climate Change,” in R. Holt and D. Greenwood, eds. A Brighter Future: Improving the Standard of Living Now and for the Next Generation,, M.E. Sharpe, 2014, pp. 187 - 209.
  37. “Expanding Job Opportunities through Global Green Growth,” in Eva Paus ed. The New Technological Revolution: What Future for Jobs and Livelihoods?” Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, forthcoming.

Recent Working Papers

  1. Did Immigrants in the U.S. Labor Market Make Conditions Worse for Native Workers During the Great Recession?” PERI Working Paper #246, January 2011, http://www.peri.umass.edu/fileadmin/pdf/working_papers/working_papers_201-250/WP246.pdf
  2. “A Policy Framework for Advancing Productive Investments and Clean Energy throughout the U.S. Economy,” PERI Working Paper #265, September 2011, http://www.peri.umass.edu/fileadmin/pdf/working_papers/working_papers_251-300/WP265.pdf
  3. “An Egalitarian Clean Energy Investment Program for Spain,” (with Heidi Garrett-Peltier and Shouvik Chakraborty), August 2015, http://www.peri.umass.edu/fileadmin/pdf/working_papers/working_papers_351- 400/WP390.pdf
  4. “The Revenue Potential of a U.S. Financial Transaction Tax,” (with James Heintz and Thomas Herndon), March, 2016, http://www.peri.umass.edu/fileadmin/pdf/working_papers/working_papers_401-450/WP414.pdf
  5. “The Economics of Just Transition: A Framework for Supporting Fossil-Fuel Dependent Workers and Communities in the United States,” (with Brian Callaci), October 2016, http://www.peri.umass.edu/fileadmin/pdf/working_papers/working_papers_401-450/WP423.pdf
  6. “Global Green Growth for Human Development,” background paper for 2016 United Nations Human Development Report.

Semi Popular Articles

 

  1. "Multinational Mineral Industry in Crisis," Monthly Review, April, 1980; pp. 25-38.
  2. "A Theory of Financial Instability," Monthly Review, December, 1983, pp. 44-51.
  3. "Bretton Woods: The Rise and Fall of an International Monetary System," Dollars & Sense, December, 1984; pp. 16-18
  4. Reprinted in Economics Affairs Bureau, Real World Macro (Somerville, Massachusetts, 1990), pp. 78-81.
  5. "The Hidden Debt Crisis: U.S. Households Borrow More to Make Ends Meet," Dollars and Sense, October, l986, pp. 20-22.
  6. Reprinted in Economics Affairs Bureau, Real World Macro 1989, pp. 33-35.
  7. "Latin American Debt: The Choices Ahead," (with E. Zepeda), Monthly Review, February, 1987, pp. 1-16.
  8. Reprinted in Kofi Buenor Hadjor, ed., Essays in Honor of Olaf Palme: New Perspectives in North-South Dialogue, London: Third World Press, 1988, pp. 102-114.
  9. "Should Congress Control the Fed?", Economic Affairs Bureau, Real World Macro, pp. 36, 40-41.
  10. "The Abyss of Third World Debt," Monthly Review, March 1989, pp.54-60; review article.
  11. "Borrowing More, Buying Less: Household Debt Hits Record High," Dollars and Sense, May 1990, pp.9-11.
    1. Reprinted in Economics Affairs Bureau, Real World Macro, 1991 edition, pp.25-28.
  12. "The Rise in Personal Debt: Why Does it Matter?", Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy, Vol. 7, No. 2, Summer 1992, pp. 48-52.
  13. "Transforming the Fed: A Path to Financial Stability and Democratic Socialism," Dollars and Sense, November 1992, pp. 6-9.
  14. "Is Big Government Really the Problem?" Dollars and Sense, March/April 1995, pp. 12-13, 40-42.
  15. "The 'Natural Rate of Unemployment': Its All About Class Conflict," Dollars and Sense, September/October 1998, pp. 12-15.
  16. “Time for a Living Wage,” Challenge interview, September-October 2001.
  17. “Working People under Neoliberal Globalization,” Oikonomikos Tachidromos, October 30, 2001, pp.68-71.
  18. “Living Wages: Good Intentions in Economic Logic in Conflict?” The Economic Quarterly (of the Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University), September 2002, pp. 488-504.
  19. “Recession: Government Spending to the Rescue?” Dollars and Sense, November/December 2002, pp. 24 – 29.
  20. “Robert Heilbroner: 1918-2005,” Challenge, May-June, 2005, pp. 10-13.
  21. “A Reply to ‘Marxian Class Analysis and Economics,” Dollars and Sense, September/October 2006, pp. 39-41.
  22. “Global Outsourcing and the U.S. Working Class,” New Labor Forum regular Economic Prospects column, Winter 2007, pp. 122-25.
  23. “Making the Federal Minimum Wage a Living Wage,” New Labor Forum regular Economic Prospects column, Spring 2007, 103-07.
  24. “A People’s Economy is Possible,” New Labor Forum, Fall 2007, 9-17.
  25. “Why Militarism Hurts the U.S. Economy,” New Labor Forum regular Economic Prospects column, Winter 2008, pp. 134-37.
  26. “Its Still The Economy, Stupid,” Dollars & Sense, April 2008.
  27. “The Housing Bubble and Financial Deregulation: Isn’t Enough Enough?” New Labor Forum regular Economic Prospects column, Spring 2008, pp. 118-21.
  28. “Green Investments and the Path to Prosperity,” New Labor Forum regular Economic Prospects column, Fall 2008.
  29. “Financing Green Investments as an Alternative to Casino Capitalism,” New Labor Forum regular Economic Prospects column, Winter 2009, pp. 108-11.
  30. “Tools for a New Economy: Proposals for a Financial Regulatory System,” Boston Review, pp. 108-111.
  31. “Where the Jobs Are,” The American Prospect, April 2009, pp. A7 – A9.
  32. “Infrastructure Investments and the Obama Recovery Plan,” New Labor Forum regular Economic Prospects column, Spring 2009, pp. 96-99.
  33. “Fiscal Deficits: Scare Stories vs. Reality,” New Labor Forum regular Economic Prospects column, Fall 2009, pp. 95-98.
  34. “Credit Allocation Policies to Advance Financial Stability and Social Welfare: The Role for Asset- Based Reserve Requirements,” New American Contract Policy Paper, September 23, 2009, http://www.newamerica.net/publications/policy/credit_allocation_policies_advance_financial_stability_and_social_ welfare
  35. “U.S. Fiscal Deficit: Scare Stories vs. Reality,” New Labor Forum, Vol 18, no. 3, 2009, pp. 56-98.
  36. “Industrial Policy and the Revival of U.S. Manufacturing,” New Labor Forum regular Economic Prospects column, Vol. 19, #1, pp. 58-61.
  37. “A Proposal for Reviving U.S. Manufacturing and Creating Millions of Good Jobs,” (with Dean Baker) New Labor Forum, Vol. 18, no. 9, 2010, pp. 11-19.
  38. “U.S. Trade Policy and the Jobs Crisis,” New Labor Forum regular Economic Prospects column, Vol 19, no. 3, Fall 2010, pp. 82-85.
  39. “Promoting Recovery through Cheap Credit for Small Businesses,” New America Foundation, Plan B for Economic Recovery Forum, September 6, 2010, http://www.newamerica.net/publications/policy/promoting_recovery_through_cheap_credit_for_small_businesses
  40. “The Wall Street Collapse and Return of Reality-Based Economics,” Monthly Review, September 2010, pp. 1-9.
  41. “Can We Please Stop Blaming Immigrants? New Labor Forum regular Economic Prospects column, Vol 20, no. 1, Winter 2011, pp. 86-89.
  42. “Back to Full Employment,” lead article in Forum for Boston Review, January-February 2011, pp. 13- 19, with responses to comments, pp. 30-31.
  43. “Field Notes on Wall Street Reform: The Battle Continues,” New Labor Forum regular Economic Prospects column, Spring, 2011, 20:2, 84-87
  44. “Fighting Seriously for Jobs and Social Security,” New Labor Forum regular Economic Prospects column, Winter, 2012, 21:1, 82-85.
  45. “A U.S. Financial Transaction Tax: How Wall Street Can Pay for its Mess,” New Labor Forum, regular Economic Prospects column, Spring 2012, 21:2, 96-98.
  46. “Getting Real on Jobs and the Environment: Pipelines, Fracking, or Clean Energy?” New Labor Forum, regular Economic Prospects column, Fall 2012, 21:3, 84-87.
  47. “Austerity Economics is Bad Economics, New Labor Forum, regular Economic Prospects column, January/February 2013, 22:1, 86-89.
  48. “Fighting for Wall Street Reform: Who Said It Was Easy?” New Labor Forum, regular Economic Prospects column, 2013, 22:2, 88 – 91.
  49. “New Openings in the Fight against Austerity,” New Labor Forum, regular Economic Prospects column, 2013, 22:3, 78-80.
  50. “Coal Miners and the Green Agenda,” New Labor Forum, regular Economic Prospects column, 2014, 23:1, 88-91.
  51. “Build the Green Economy,” lead article in forum for Boston Review, July-August 2014, pp. 14 – 18, with responses to seven commentators, pp. 28-29.
  52. Image removed.“A Just Transition for U.S. Fossil Fuel Industry Workers,” (with Brian Callaci), The American Prospect, July 2016, 89 – 93.

Popular Articles

  1. "Hardheads and Bishops: How to Talk About Economic Strategy," (with A. Cockburn), The Nation, February 28, 1987, pp. 245-7.
  2. "The Crash of 1987: Who's Been on a Binge?", Against the Current, May/June 1988, pp.40-41.
  3. "The Keynes Mutiny," The Nation, September 25, 1989, pp..321-24.
  4. "Capitalism and its Specters: The World, The Free Market and The Left," (with A. Cockburn), The Nation, February 25, 1991, pp.224-236.
    1. 4a. Reprinted in Social Scientist, Delhi, India, July 1991, pp. 18-39.
    2. 4b. Reprinted in Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Social Issues, Kurt Finsterbusch and George McKenna, eds., The Dishkin Publishing Group, Inc., 1992, pps. 268-276.
  5. "Dismantling Defense: Use Conversion to Create Jobs," The Nation, July 12, 1993, pp. 66-68.
  6. "Main Street vs. Wall Street: Taxing the Big Casino," (with Dean Baker and Marc Schaberg), The Nation, May 9, 1994, pp. 622-24.
  7. “Economics with a Human Face,” The Nation, September 30, 1996, pp. 21-23.
  8. "Living Wage, Live Action," The Nation, November 23, 1998, pp. 15-20.
  9. “Can New Orleans Afford to Pay Living Wages? Evaluating the Costs of the New Orleans Living Wage Proposal,” (with Mark Brenner and Stephanie Luce) Blueprint for Social Justice, September 2001, 12 pages (full issue of publication).
  10. “The Decline of the Dollar: Where is it Going?” Counterpunch, April 1-15, 2005, pp. 1, 5-6.
  11. “The Man Who Explained Empire: Remembering Harry Magdoff,” Counterpunch online, January 26,2006.
  12. “Reaganomics Revisited: Beyond the Glow of Nostalgia,” Counterpunch online, February 22, 2006.
  13. “Microcredit: False Hopes and Real Possibilities,” Foreign Policy in Focus, June 21, 2007.
  14. “Debate on Microcredit,” debate with Sam Daley-Harris, Foreign Policy in Focus, June 21, 2007.
  15. “Wage Cutting in Kenya will Expand Poverty, Not Decent Jobs,” (with Mwangi wa Githinji and James Heintz) International Poverty Centre, UNDP, One-pager #46, December 2007.
  16. “The Wages of Peace,” (with Heidi Garrett-Peltier), The Nation, March 31, 2008, pp. 15 – 20.
  17. “Ending Casino Capitalism,” The Nation, October 13, 2008, p. 7.
  18. “We’re All Minskyites Now,” The Nation, November 17, 2008, pp. 5-7.
  19. “How to End the Recession,” The Nation, November 24, 2008, pp. 13-16.
  20. “Memo to Obama: On Full Employment,” Tikkun, January-February, 2009, pp. 75-76.
  21. “Doing the Recovery Right,” The Nation, February 16, 2009, pp. 11-18.
  22. “Be Utopian: Demand the Realistic,” The Nation, March 23, 2009 (web only).
  23. “18 Million Jobs by 2012,” The Nation, March 8, 2010, pp. 12-18.
  24. “Financial Transaction Taxes: A Tool for Fighting Wall Street Excesses and Raising Taxes Fairly,” SAFER Policy Brief #17, November 23, 2009.
  25. “Controlling Oil and Food Price Speculation through Financial Reform Bill,” Huffington Post, June 7, 2010.
  26. “It’s Not the Party—It’s the Policies,” The Nation, September 27, 2010.
  27. Fighting to Prevent Global Hunger,” Tikkun, November 2010.
  28. “Betrayal of Public Workers,” The Nation, March 7, 2011, pp. 19-22.
  29. “Benefits of a Slimmer Pentagon,” The Nation, May 28, 2012, pp. 15-18.
  30. “The New Green Economy,” The Nation, November 16, 2015, pp. 12 – 18.
  31. “There’s a Workable Plan for Lowering Global Emissions by 40% in 20 Years,” Quartz, 12/2/15, http://qz.com/562726/by-converting-the-world-to-clean-energy-we-can-lower-emissions-by-40-in-20-years/
  32. “Note to Hillary: Clintonomics was a Disaster for Most Americans,” The Nation 1/26/16, https://www.thenation.com/article/note-to-hillary-clintonomics-was-a-disaster-for-most-americans/
  33. “Bernie Sanders will Make the Economy Great Again,” The Nation, 3/19/16, https://www.thenation.com/article/bernie-sanders-will-make-the-economy-great-again/

Book Reviews

  1. Review of William Hixon, A Matter of Interest: Reexamining Money, Debt, and Real Economic Growth, for Monthly Review, October 1993.
  2. Review of Bruce Roberts and Susan Feiner, eds., Radical Economics, for Journal of Economic Literature, December 1993, pp. 1967-68.
  3. Review of David Coates, The Question of U.K. Decline, for International Review of Applied Economics, Volume 9, No. 2, 1995 pp. 216-220.
  4. Review of Amitava K. Dutt and Kenneth P. Jameson, Crossing the Mainstream: Ethical and Methodological Issues in Economics for Journal of Economic Literature, September 2002, pp. 919-921.
  5. Review of Joseph E. Stiglitz, The Roaring Nineties: A New History of the World’s Most Prosperous Decade, Challenge, July-August 2004, pp. 113-123.
  6. Review of Prabhat Patnaik, The Value of Money for the Economic and Political Weekly, October 3, 2009, pp. 26-29.
  7. Review of Larry Bartels, Unequal Democracy, for Journal of Economic Literature, No. 43, No. 1, 2010, pp. 151-53.
  8. Review of When Mandates Work: Raising Labor Standards at the Local level for ILR Review, May 2015, pp. 708-710.

 

Selected Reports

 

  1. "Third World Oil Exploration Patterns in the Post Yom Kippur War Era," Tanzer Economic Associates,1976.
  2. "The Carter Energy Program and U.S. Energy Consumption Patterns," Tanzer Economic Associates, 1977.
  3. "Alternative Techniques for Measuring Price Change: The Consumer Price Index versus the GDP Deflator," Tanzer Economic Associates, 1980.
  4. "Employment Intensive Capital Formation in Bolivia," with K. Griffin, R. Thorp, and C. Geneletti. May 1990, 51 manuscript pages.
  5. "Labour Power, Investment and Development: Proposals for A National Strategy to be Launched in Oruro and Potosi," with K. Griffin. August 1990, 14 manuscript pages.​​​​
  6. "Financial Conditions and Macroeconomic Instability," Economic Policy Institute Briefing Paper (with Gary Dymski, Gerald Epstein, and James Galbraith), June 1992.
  7. “Economic Analysis of The Los Angeles Living Wage Ordinance,” Project Director and Principal Author (with other authors), October 1996, 150 manuscript pages.
  8. “Economic Analysis of The New Orleans Minimum Wage Proposal," (with Stephanie Luce and Mark Brenner), July 1999, 155 pages.
  9. “Economic Effects of Setting Living Wage Standards,” (with David Moore), John Witte, ed., Report on Living Wage Symposium, Robert M. La Follette Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2000, 7 pages.
  10. “Economic Analysis of Santa Monica Living Wage Proposal,” Project Director and Principal Author (with other authors), August 2000, 370 pages.
  11. “Supplemental Report for New Orleans Living Wage Ordinance,” (with Mark Brenner), March 2002, 14 manuscript pages.
  12. “Supplemental Report on Santa Monica Living Wage Ordinance,” (with Mark Brenner), September 2002, 30 manuscript pages.​​​​​​
  13. “Evaluation of Santa Fe, New Mexico Living Wage Ordinance,” February 2003, 10 manuscript pages.​​​​​​​
  14. “Evaluation of Atlanta, GA Living Wage Ordinance,” May 2003, 10 manuscript pages.​​​​​​​
  15. “Expert Report on Santa Fe, New Mexico Living Wage Ordinance,” March 2004, 103 manuscript pages.​​​​​​​
  16. “Building the Green Economy: Employment Effects of Green Energy Investments for Ontario,” (with Heidi Garrett-Peltier) for World Wildlife Federation-Canada, March 2009, 32 manuscript pages.​​​​​​​
  17. “The Economic Benefits of the New York State Parks and Historic Sites,” (with James Heintz and Heidi Garrett-Peltier), for New York State Parks Service, March 2009, 36 manuscript pages.
  18. “Economic Impact of the Nashville Living Wage Proposal,” (with Jeannette Wicks-Lim), for Nashville Living Wage Coalition, March 2009, 55 manuscript pages.​​​​​​​
  19. The U.S. Employment Effects of Military and Domestic Spending: An Updated Analysis, (with Heidi Garrett-Peltier) Political Economy Research Institute and Institute for Policy Studies, September 2009, 10 monograph pages.​​​​​​​
  20. “How Wall Street Speculation is Driving Up Gas Prices Today,” Americans for Financial Reform/PERI, June 2011, 16 pages, http://www.peri.umass.edu/fileadmin/pdf/research_brief/PERI_AFR_Research_Brief_June20.pdf​​​​​​​
  21. The U.S. Employment Effects of Military and Domestic Spending: 2011 Update (with Heidi Garrett- Peltier) Political Economy Research Institute, September 2011, 12 pages.​​​​​​​
  22. “Transaction Costs, Trading Elasticities, and the Revenue Potential of Financial Transaction Taxes for the United States,” (with James Heintz), Political Economy Research Institute Research Brief, December 2011, 17 pages.​​​​​​​
  23. “The Costs to Fast Food Restaurants of a Minimum Wage Increase to $10.50 per Hour,” (with Jeannette Wicks-Lim), PERI Research Brief, September, 2013, 16 pages, http://www.peri.umass.edu/fileadmin/pdf/research_brief/PERI_fast_food_wages.pdf

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Selected Opinion Pieces

 

  1. "Why the Left Should Support the Flat Tax," The Wall Street Journal, April 2, 1992, p.A15 (with Alexander Cockburn).
  2. "Brown Says Flat Tax Will Help Economy, Cut Lower-Income Tax Bite," Philadelphia Inquirer, April 26, 1992, p. F7.
  3. "Maybe Not a Flat Tax, But a Fair Tax," Los Angeles Times, May 26, 1992, p. B5.
  4. "Do We Need a Flat Tax?" California Business, June 1992, p. 44.
  5. "Washington Must Spend to Spur Spending," Los Angeles Times, July 15, 1992, p. B7.
  6. "Its Perot vs. Our Living Standards," Los Angeles Times, October 4, 1992, p. B7.
  7. "Rossonomics," The Nation, October 26, 1992, pp. 456-57.
  8. "Debt Obsessed: Clinton in the Clutches of Orthodoxy," Dollars and Sense, April 1993, p. 20.
  9. "Conversion Still Offers a Peace Dividend," Los Angeles Times, June 24, 1993, p. B7.
  10. "Tax Stock Trades to End Speculation," (with Dean Baker and Marc Schaberg," Los Angeles Times, April 28, 1994, p. B7.
  11. "The Land of Bilk and Money," In These Times, January 9, 1995, p. 22.
  12. “Small Raise Per Worker Goes a Long Way,” Los Angeles Times, January 2, 1997, p. B7.
  13. "Barely Minimum," The Nation, April 6, 1998, pp. 6-7.
  14. "Living Wages Give A Boost to Demand," Los Angeles Times, April 1, 1999, p. B5..
  15. “Economic Slide Makes Spending Respectable,” Los Angeles Times, September 24, 2001
  16. “Bubble Won’t Reinflate,” Los Angeles Times, August 24, 2003, p. B3.
  17. “Remembering Paul Sweezy,” Counterpunch online edition, March 6, 2004.
  18. “Should the Minimum Wage Be Increased?” New York Times Upfront, November 2004.
  19. “Cheaper Money the Key to Solving Jobs Crisis,” Mail & Guardian (South Africa), October 20-26, 2006, News and Comment, p. 5
  20. “A Living Wage We Can Live With,” Los Angeles Times, January 14, 2007
  21. “Working but Living in Poverty,” Business Daily (Kenya), November 23, 2007
  22. “Why Wage Cutting Won’t Work,” Business Daily (Kenya), November 26, 2007
  23. “Regulating Market Economies,” Featured Participant Contribution, The Economist online debate, March 15, 2008.
  24. Green Energy Means More Jobs,” Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel,February 22, 2009.​​​​​​​
  25. “Standard of Living Must Be Raised,” Roll Call, May 18, 2009.​​​​​​​
  26. “Should New York Demand a Living Wage: Yes” New York Daily News, June 27, 2010, p. 26.​​​​​​​
  27. “Large Deficits Remain Essential,” Los Angeles Times,11/15/10.
  28. Image removed.“Austerity after Reinhart and Rogoff,” (with Michael Ash) Financial Times, 4/17/13.​​​​​​​
  29. Image removed.“Debt and Growth: A Reply to Reinhart and Rogoff,” (with Michael Ash) New York Times, 4/29/13.​​​​​​​
  30. “Dan Snyder Can Learn from When the Bullets Became the Wizards,” Washington Post, 6/29/14.​​​​​​​
  31. “The Green Growth Path to Climate Stabilization,” Public Seminar, 5/31/16, http://www.publicseminar.org/2016/05/the-green-growth-path-to-climate-stabilization- 2/#.WBVJNtUrLX4

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Selected Lectures and Other Public Presentations

  1. "Alternative Perspectives on the Rise of Corporate Debt Dependency," ASSA Conference, San Francisco, December, 1983.

 

  1. "Alternative Perspectives on the Rise of Corporate Debt Dependency," Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley, February 9, 1984.

 

  1. "Alternative Perspectives on the Rise of Corporate Debt Dependency," Department of Economics, Occidental College, April 19, 1984.

 

  1. "International Financial Instability: The Legacy of Bretton Woods," Department of Economics, University of Utah, May, 1984.

 

  1. "Ethics and Economics: A Jewish Perspective," Temple Beth El, Riverside, CA, May, 1984.

 

  1. "Stability and Instability in the Debt-Income Relationship," ASSA Conference, Dallas, December, 1984.

 

  1. "Capital Income Distribution and the Falling Rate of Profit," ASSA Conference, Dallas, December, 1984.

 

  1. "Alternative Perspectives on the Rise of Corporate Debt Dependency," Department of Political Science, UCLA, February, 1985.

 

  1. "Corporate Finance and Economic Crisis," at plenary session of conference on "The Present State of the World Economic Crisis," July 30-August 2, 1985, Center for Economic Research, National Autonomous University of Mexico.

 

  1. Organizer and session chair of evening plenary "The Third World Debt Crisis: Progressive Responses," ASSA Conference, New York, December 28, 1985.

 

  1. "Two Theories of Money Supply Endogeneity," Greater Los Angeles Political Economy Seminar, California State University, Los Angeles, February 21, 1987.

 

  1. "The Economics Pastoral and its Critics: How Confused are the Bishops?," at Catholic Diocese of San Diego convocation on the Bishops' Pastoral Letter, Economic Justice for All, November 14, 1987.

 

  1. "Debt Dependency and Stagnation: Pathways to Instability in the U.S. and Latin America," Conference on Economic Globalization sponsored by City University of New York, Berkshires, Massachusetts, May 14, 1988.

 

  1. "Assessing Alternative Theories of Economic Crisis," UCLA, Program in Social Theory of Comparative History, June 3, 1988.

 

  1. "What was Behind the Stock Market Crash"?, Department of Economics, Cal State Fresno University, March, 1988.

 

  1. "The Growth of U.S. Household Debt," Western Economic Association meetings, Los Angeles, July 1, 1988.

 

  1. "Is Democratizing the Federal Reserve Worth It?", URPE Summer Conference, Sandwich, MA, August 23, 1988.

 

  1. "The Stock Market Crash and the U.S. Macroeconomy," University of Southern California Program in Political Economy, November 15, 1988.

 

  1. Presented one week intensive seminar, "Alternative Contemporary Perspectives in Macroeconomics," Metrpolitan Autonomous University-Azcapotzalco, December 5-9, 1988, to inagurate exchange program between Economics Departments of UC-Riverside and UAM-Azcapotzalco.

 

  1. "The Changing Financial Conditions of U.S. Households," ASSA meetings, New York City, December 29, 1988.

 

  1. "Budget Deficits and the U.S. Macroeconomy," Department of Economics, Northeast Missouri State University, April 6, 1989.

 

  1. "Budget Deficits and Declining Economic Performance: What is the Connection," ASSA Conference, Atlanta, GA, December 29, 1989.

 

  1. "Hyman Minsky as Hedgehog: The Power of the Wall Street Paradigm," Department of Economics, Washington University in St. Louis, April 12, 1990.

 

  1. "Economic Policymaking in Bolivia: Is there an Alternative to Jeffrey Sachs?," URPE Summer Conference, August 25, 1990.

 

  1. Debate with Prof. Jeffrey Sachs over National Public Radio on International Monetary Fund policies, May 14, 1990.

 

  1. "The U.S. Financial System: Over the Abyss?" San Diego State University, October 26, 1990.

 

  1. "Two Theories of Money Supply Endogeneity," Jerome Levy Economics Institute, November 1, 1990.

 

  1. "Economic Aspects of Middle East Crisis," California State University, San Bernardino, December 1, 1990.

 

  1. "The Market for Corporate Control: Sickness, Symptom or Cure?", ASSA Conference, December 29, 1990, Washington, D.C.

 

  1. "Making Sense of the Budget Deficit Debate," Economic Policy Institute, January 11, 1991.

 

  1. "Debate on the Middle East War," World Society, UC Riverside, February 12, 1991.

 

  1. "Does the Socialist Tradition of Willy Brandt Make Economic Sense?" UC Riverside Executive Circle Meeting, February 1991.

 

  1. "The World, the Free Market and the Left," The Nation magazine, New York, March 22, 1991.

 

  1. "Why the Free Market Celebration is Wrong," Lewis and Clark University, Portland, OR. Plenary address for conference on International Development, May 6, 1991.

 

  1. Interview on Wisconsin Public Radio, "What's Behind the Merger and Buyout Binge," June 3, 1991.

 

  1. "Why the Free Market Celebration is Wrong." Saddleback College, November 15, 1991.

 

  1. "Destabilizing Finance and the Recession: How to Avoid a Reprise of the 1980s" at ASSA Conference, January 3, 1992, New Orleans.

 

  1. "Has Latin America Recovered from the Debt Crisis?" Harvey Goldberg Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, April 6, 1992.

 

  1. "Transforming the Federal Reserve into a Public Investment Bank: Why its Necessary, How it Should be Done," Economic Policy Institute, Washington, D.C., June 1992.

 

  1. "How Public Investment Can Improve Macroeconomic Peformance," Economic Policy Institute, Washington, D.C., September 22, 1992.

 

  1. "Savings, Finance and Interest Rates," Jerome Levy Economics Institute, September 24, 1992.

 

  1. "Transforming the Federal Reserve into a Public Investment Bank," ASSA Convention, January 6, 1993, Anaheim, CA.

 

  1. "The Costs and Benefits of Financial Instability: Big Government Capitalism and the Minsky Paradox," ASSA Convention, January 6, 1993.

 

  1. "Classical and Post-Keynesian Theories of Macroeconomic Finance: Divergent Paths; Convergent Results," Department of Economics, University of Utah, January 9, 1993.

 

  1. "The California Budget Crisis: Where to Go From Here?", Santa Rosa College Public Lecture, April 25, 1993.

 

  1. "Borrowing More but Investing Less: What Drove Corporate Takeovers in the 1980s?" Conference on Economics of Full Employment, Department of Economics, University of Ottowa, April 8, 1994.

 

  1. "Economic Restructuring in Latin America: From the Debt Crisis to NAFTA," Harvey Goldberg Center for Contemporary Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison, April 11, 1994.

 

  1. "The Independence of Aggregate Credit Supply from Private Saving: Evidence from the U.S. Economy," Economic Policy Institute Conference on Macroeconomics of Finance, Saving and Investment, April 22-23, 1994.

 

  1. "The Macroeconomics of Market Socialism: A Finance-Centric Approach," (with Ilene Grabel), Economic Policy Institute Conference on "Finance and Globalization", Washington, D.C., June 24-25, 1994.

 

  1. "Financial Structures and Egalitarian Economic Policy," conference on "Demand Rehabilitation: Finance, Trade, and Technology," sponsored by Pantheon Sorbonne Paris 1 and SOAS, University of London, September 29, 1994, Paris France.

 

  1. "The Independence of Aggregate Credit Supply from Private Saving: Evidence from the U.S. Economy," Department of Economics, SOAS, University of London, October 4, 1994.

 

  1. "Money Supply Endogeneity: What are the Questions and Why do they Matter?", Department of Economics, SOAS, University of London, October 7, 1994.

 

  1. Speech to high school teachers, Inland Empire Consortium for International Studies, "The Origins of NAFTA", October 17-18, 1994.

 

  1. "Financial Structures and Egalitarian Economic Policy," Department of Economics, University of Vermont, November 10, 1994.

 

  1. "The Case for A Securities Transaction Excise Tax," (with Dean Baker and Marc Schaberg), ASSA Conference, Washington, D.C., January 7, 1995.

 

  1. "The Roots of the Mexican Economic Crisis," Speech to high school teachers, Inland Empire Consortium for International Studies, January 12, 1994.

 

  1. "NAFTA: Must There be Winners and Losers in U.S.-Mexico Economic Interdependence? " Speech to Student Town Meeting On American Foreign Policy, "Focus on Latin America, sponsored by U.S. Department of State, Inland Empire Consortium for International Studies and World Affairs Council of Inland Southern California, Riverside Community College, January 18, 1995.

 

  1. "Saving and Finance: Real and Illusory Constraints on Full Employment Policy," Conference on "The Relevance of Keynesian Economic Policies Today," University of East London, May 19, 1995.

 

  1. "Financial Structures and Egalitarian Economic Policy," Department of Economics, University of Cambridge, May 23, 1995.

 

  1. "Saving and Finance: Real and Illusory Constraints on Full Employment Policy," Conference on "Restoring Full Employment," Department of Economics, Cambridge University, UK, May 24, 1995.

 

  1. "Financial Structures and Egalitarian Economic Policy," Department of Economics, U. of California- Riverside, May 30, 1995.

 

  1. "Was the Vietnam War Good or Bad for the U.S. Economy?" Conference on "The Long Shadow: Legacy and Memory of Vietnam, 1975-95," University of Wisconsin-Madison, September 16, 1995.

 

  1. "Can Domestic Expansionary Policy Succeed in a Globally Integrated Environment? An Examination of Alternatives," Conference on "Globalization and Progressive Economic Policy," Economic Policy Institute, Washington, D.C., October 28, 1995.

 

  1. "Financial Structures and Egalitarian Economic Policy," Department of Economics, U. of California- Davis, February 15, 1996.

 

  1. “Expansionary Policy for Full Employment in the United States: Retrospective on the 1960s and Current Period Prospects,” Conference on “Full Employment Without Inflation,” Robinson College, University of Cambridge, May 15, 1996.

 

  1. “Financial Structures and Egalitarian Economic Policy,” Department of Economics, UCLA, May 22, 1996.

 

  1. Testimony on Los Angeles Living Wage Ordinance, Personnel and Budget Committees, Los Angeles City Council, August 15, September 9, October 9, 1996 and January 7, 1997.

 

  1. “Analysis of Los Angeles Living Wage Proposal,” Department of Economics, UCR, October 4, 1996.

 

  1. “Can Domestic Expansionary Policy Succeed in a Globally Integrated Environment? An Examination of Alternatives,” Department of Economics, UCR, October 21, 1996.

 

  1. “The Consequences of NAFTA,” Speech to high school teachers, Inland Empire Consortium for International Studies, November 12, 1996.

 

  1. “Three Lectures on Financial Structure, Egalitarianism and Macroeconomic Policy,” Metropolitan Autonomous University, Mexico City, December 9-11, 1996.

 

  1. “Globalization and Progressive Economic Policy,” Program in Social Theory of Comparative History, UCLA, February 10, 1997.

 

  1. “The Economics of Living Wage Proposals: A Solution to Low-Wage Poverty?” Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, March 25, 1997.

 

  1. “Expansionary Policy For Full Employment in the United States,” Department of Economics, Connecticut College, March 26, 1997.

 

  1. “Financial Intermediation and the Variability of the Saving Constraint,” Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, March 27, 1997.

 

  1. Keynote speaker for conference on “An Anti-Poverty Agenda: National and International Strategies and Targets for Socio-Economic Development,” California State University-Long Beach, April 16, 1997.

 

  1. “The ‘Reserve Army of Labor’ and the ‘Natural Rate of Unemployment’: Can Marx, Kalecki, Friedman and Wall Street All Be Wrong?” David M. Gordon Memorial Lecture at Summer Conference of Union for Radical Political Economics, Danbury, Connecticut, August 25, 1997.

 

  1. "Globalization and Full Employment Policy," Department of Economics, Southern Oregon University, March 10, 1998.

 

  1. "Globalization: What Does It Mean?" Harvey Goldberg Center, University of Wisconsin Madison, March 23, 1998.

 

  1. "Globalization: Alternatives to Neo-Liberalism" Harvey Goldberg Center, University of Wisconsin Madison, April 27, 1998.

 

  1. “The ‘Reserve Army of Labor’ and the ‘Natural Rate of Unemployment’: Can Marx, Kalecki, Friedman and Wall Street All Be Wrong?”, Department of Economics, University of California-Riverside, June 1, 1998.

 

  1. "The Economic and Political Promise of the Living Wage Movement," Keynote Speaker, First Annual Labor and Social Action Summer School, sponsored by the North Bay Central Labor Council, Sonoma State University, June 14, 1998.

 

  1. "The Economics of Living Wage Programs," URPE Summer Conference, Danbury, Connecticut, August 23, 1998.

 

  1. "Asset Exchanges, Financial Market Trading, and the M1 Income Velocity Puzzle," Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, October 19, 1998.

 

  1. . "The Economics of Living Wage Programs," University of Massachusetts at Lowell, October 30, 1998.

 

  1. "Robert Heilbroner: Worldly Philosopher," Conference in Honor of Prof. Robert Heilbroner, November 12, 1998, Department of Economics, Graduate Faculty, New School for Social Research.

 

  1. "Can U.S. Cities Afford Living Wage Programs?" Eastern Economic Association Convention, Boston, MA, March 12, 1999.

 

  1. "Globalization and Progressive Economic Policy," Department of Political Science, Yale University, Conference on Globalzation and Ethics, April 17, 1999.

 

  1. "A Securities Transaction Tax for U.S. Financial Markets," Jerome Levy Institute Conference, "Structure, Instability and the World Economy: Reflections on the Economics of Hyman P. Minsky," April 21-23, 1999.

 

  1. "Can U.S. Cities Raise Minimum Wages Above the National Level? Evidence from New Orleans," Workshop on Earnings Inequality, Technology, and Institutions, Jerome Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, June 10, 1999.

 

  1. "Reflections on the Economics of Hyman P. Minsky," Invited Lecture, International Conference in Economics, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, September 8, 1999.

 

  1. "Are Egalitarian Macroeconomic Policies Viable in A Global Economy?" Invited Lecture in Political Economy, International Conference in Economics, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, September 9, 1999.

 

  1. "A Securities Transaction Tax for the United States Economy," Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, October 12, 1999.

 

  1. "Class Conflict and the 'Natural Rate of Unemployment'", Seminar on Full Employment, Columbia University, New York, NY, November 8, 1999.

 

  1. “Economic Effects of a Global Living Wage,” Living Wage Symposium, University of Wisconsin- Madison, November 19-20, 1999.

 

  1. "The Prospects and Problems with Living Wage Ordinances," New York University Law School, New York, NY, December 8, 1999.

 

  1. "A Securities Transaction Tax and the Viability of Egalitarian Macroeconomic Policies," Center for Economic and Policy Analysis, New School for Social Research, NY, December 8, 1999.

 

  1. “Economic Analysis of New Orleans Living Wage Proposal,” ASSA meetings, Boston, MA, January 9, 2000.

 

  1. “Anatomy of Clintonomics,” ASSA meetings, Boston, MA, January 9, 2000.

 

  1. “The Economics of Living Wages,” public lecture, Lewis and Clark University, February 3, 2000.

 

  1. “Globalization and Macroeconomic Policy,” Program in Social Theory of Comparative History, UCLA, March 6, 2000.

 

  1. “ Globalization, Inequality And Financial Instability: Confronting The Marx, Keynes And Polanyi Problems in the Advanced Capitalist Economies,” Department of Political Science, Yale University, Conference on Globalization and Ethics, March 31, 2000.

 

  1. “Economics of Living Wages,” Downtown Community Forum, Rochester, NY, May 17, 2000.

 

  1. “Political Economy of ‘New Global Financial Architecture,” Plenary Session, URPE Summer Conference, August 19, 2000.

 

  1. “Economics of Living Wages,” ACORN Community Center, Sacramento, CA, September 10, 2000.

 

  1. “Presentation of Findings on Living Wage Study before Santa Monica City Council,” Santa Monica, CA, September 12, 2000.

 

  1. “Intended vs. Unintended Consequences: How Living Wage Policies Work,” (with Stephanie Luce), Department of Sociology, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, October 12, 2000.

 

  1. “Technical Challenges in Assessing Living Wage Proposals: The Virtues of Simple Theory and Descriptive Statistics,” Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, December 11, 2000.

 

  1. “Intended vs. Unintended Consequences: How Living Wage Policies Work,” (with Mark Brenner and Stephanie Luce), ASSA Meetings, January 8, 2001.

 

  1. “ Globalization, Inequality And Financial Instability: Confronting The Marx, Keynes And Polanyi Problems in the Advanced Capitalist Economies,” ASSA Meetings, January 9, 2001.

 

  1. “The Challenge of Global Living Wages,” Plenary Address, Conference on Global Living Wages and Sweatshops, University of Notre Dame, February 2, 2001.

 

  1. “The Economics of Living Wages,” Public Lecture, University of Notre Dame, February 5, 2001.

 

  1. “The Global Anti-Sweatshop Movement: Good Intentions and Economic Logic in Conflict?” Solomon Barkin Memorial Lecture, University of Massachusetts-Amhersst, March 29, 2001.

 

  1. “The Economics of Global Sweatshops,” Department of Economics, University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill, March 30, 2001.

 

  1. “The Global Anti-Sweatshop Movement: Good Intentions and Economic Logic in Conflict?” Student Anti-Sweatshop Organization, Northwestern University, April 30, 2001.

 

  1. “Debate on Living Wages as Public Policy,” Program in Public Policy and Ethics, Santa Clara University, May 17, 2001.

 

  1. “The Economic Consequences of Clinton, Bush and Greenspan,” Department of Economics, University of California-Riverside, May 22, 2001.

 

  1. “The Case for the Living Wage Movement,” Plenary Speaker, Syracuse NY Living Wage Coalition, October 6, 2001.

 

  1. “The Economics of Living Wages,” Maxwell School of Public Policy, Syracuse University, October 7, 2001.

 

  1. “The Living Wage Movement: Good Intentions and Economic Logic in Conflict?” Convocation Speaker, Augustana College, October 25, 2001.

 

  1. “Presentation on Economics of Living Wages,” Harvard University Committee on Employment and Contracting Policies,” November 20, 2001.

 

  1. “From Clinton, to Bush to September 11: The Path to U.S. Recession,” Department of Economics, Tel Aviv University, December 18, 2001.

 

  1. “The Living Wage Movement: Good Intentions and Economic Logic in Conflict?” Sapir Center of Economics, Tel Aviv University, December 20, 2001.

 

  1. “What is a Living Wage,” Allied Social Science Association Convention, January 4, 2002.

 

  1. “The Global Anti-Sweatshop Movement,” Good Intentions and Economic Logic in Conflict?” Allied Social Science Association Convention, January 5, 2002.

 

  1. “Living Wages: Global Principles for Economic Justice,” Simon’s Rock of Bard College public lecture, January 25, 2002.

 

  1. “The Federal Reserve and the Prospects for Macroeconomic Policy,” Federal Reserve Leadership Education Program, Maritime Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, February 28, 2002.

 

  1. Expert Testimony in New Orleans District on City of New Orleans Living Wage Ordinance, March 20, 2002.

 

  1. “Savings, Credit Allocation, and Employment Targeting in South Africa,” NEDLAC Conference on the Financial Sector, Government of South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa, April 6, 2002.

 

  1. “Living Wages and the Global Anti-Sweatshop Movement” Good Intentions and Economic Logic in Conflict?” Economics Department, Hamilton College, April 22, 2002.

 

  1. “The Promise of the Living Wage Movement,” Keynote Speaker, Jubilee Jobs Association Annual Dinner, Washington, D.C., May 20, 2002.

 

  1. “Economic Analysis of Santa Monica Living Wage Proposal,” Institute for Contemporary History and Social Theory, UCLA, October 17, 2002.

 

  1. “Informalization, Economic Growth and the Challenge of Creating Viable Labor Standards in Developing Countries,” (with James Heintz), Cornell University Conference on “Rethinking Labor Market Informalization,” October 19, 2002.

 

  1. “Assessing the Clinton Boom: Was NAIRU Defeated on the Backs of U.S. Workers?” Department of Economcs Theory Seminar, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, December 11, 2002.

 

  1. ““The Political Economy of U.S. Unemployment, Inflation and Wage Determination” Allied Social Science Association meetings, Washington, D.C. January 3, 2003.

 

  1. “Informalization and Economic Growth in Developing Countries,” (with James Heintz) Allied Social Science Association meetings, Washington, D.C. January 3, 2003.

 

  1. “Security Transaction Taxes for U.S. Financial Markets,” Eastern Economic Association annual conference, February 22, 2003.

 

  1. “Clintonomics: The Hollow Boom,” Department of Economics, University of Utah, April 11, 2003.

 

  1. “Living Wage Laws in the United States: Good Intentions and Economic Reality in Conflict?” Department of Economics, University of Utah, April 12, 2003.

 

  1. “The Return of Military Keynesianism under Bush,” Plenary Speaker, Summer Conference, Union for Radical Political Economics, August 24, 2003.

 

  1. “Living Wage Laws in the United States: Good Intentions and Economic Reality in Conflict?” Swarthmore College, Living Wage Coalition, October 3, 2003.

 

  1. “Wage Bargaining and the U.S. Phillips Curve: Was Greenspan Right about ‘Traumatized Workers’ in the 1990s?” Economics Department, Graduate Faculty, New School University, October 27, 2003.

 

  1. “Military Keynesianism and Tax Cuts for the Rich: Enough to Bail Bush out of the Post Bubble Slump?”, Havens Center, University of Wisconsin Madison, October 30, 2003.

 

  1. “What Global Neoliberalism Has Wrought,” School of International Studies, Clark University, November 12, 2003.

 

  1. “Living Wage Laws in the United States: Good Intentions and Economic Reality in Conflict?” SHARE Coalition, Harvard University, November 12, 2003.

 

  1. Expert Testimony, Santa Fe New Mexico Living Wage Law, Santa Fe District Court, April 15-16, 2004.

 

  1. “Living Wage Laws in the United States: Good Intentions and Economic Reality in Conflict?” William

E. Weiss Lecture, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY.

 

  1. “Globalization and the Transition to Egalitarian Development,” Conference in Honor of Keith B. Griffin, Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, April 24, 2004.

 

  1. “An Employment-Targeted Economic Program for South Africa,” UNDP International Poverty Centre Conference, “Strengthening the Employment Nexus Between Growth and Poverty Reduction,” Brasilia, Brazil, January 11-12, 2005.

 

  1. “An Employment-Targeted Economic Program for South Africa,” (with Gerald Epstein, James Heintz, and Leonce Ndikumana), seminars at University of Capetown (3/11/05), University of Witwatersrand (3/14/05), Pretoria (3/15/05), and Capetown (3/16/05), South Africa.

 

  1. “The U.S. Economy Today,” Program in Political Economy, University of York, Toronto, Canada, March 18, 2005.

 

  1. “Neoliberalism and Resistance: Creating Alternative Economic Realities in Post-Apartheid South Africa,” 2005 Phillis Clarke Memorial Lecture, Department of Politics and Public Administration, Ryerson University, March 21, 2005.

 

  1. “Economic Analysis of Albuquerque’s Living Wage Law Proposal, Department of Economics, University of New Mexico, September 8, 2005.

 

  1. “Financial Market Interventions for Employment Promotion in South Africa,” International Labour Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, September 26, 2005.

 

  1. “Employment Targeting in South Africa,” Allied Social Science Association Meetings, Boston, MA, January 6, 2006.

 

  1. “An Employment-Targeted Economic Program for South Africa,” Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa, October 23, 2006.

 

  1. “An Employment-Targeted Economic Program for South Africa,” Department of Economics, University of Capetown, South Africa, October 24, 2006.

 

  1. “An Employment-Targeted Economic Program for Kenya,” United Nations Development Program, Nairobi, Kenya, October 26-27, 2006.

 

  1. “Is Full Employment Possible Under Globalization?” Sumner Rosen Memorial Public Lecture, Columbia University, November 16, 2006.

 

  1. “Targeting Decent Employment: Micro Policy, Macro Policy, and Making it Happen,” Conference on

Realistic Growth Policies for our Times, New School for Social Research, April 13, 2007.

 

  1. “Inflation and Economic Growth,” PERI-sponsored Conference on Alternatives to Inflation Targeting, Washington, DC, May 18, 2007.

 

  1. “An Employment-Targeted Economic Program for South Africa—Financial Restructuring and Fiscal Policy,” PERI-sponsored Conference on Alternatives to Inflation Targeting, Washington, DC, May 18, 2007.

 

  1. “Micro-finance, Macro-finance and Egalitarian Development,” Conference in honor of Professor Ajit Singh, Queens College, Cambridge University, September 14, 2007.

 

  1. “An Employment-Targeted Economic Program for Kenya,” UNDP events, Nairobi, Kenya, November 13-14, 2007.

 

  1. “The Economic Costs of the Iraq War,” Take Back America Conference, Washington, DC, March 18, 2008.

 

  1. “Globalization, Financialization and the U.S. Economic Slump,” AFL-CIO global seminar of labor union economists, March 20, 2008.

 

  1. “A Unified Program for Job Creation and a Clean Energy Economy,” Arca Foundation Musgrove Center, St. Simon’s Island, Georgia, April 4-6, 2008. Featured speaker and conference organizer on theme of talk.

 

  1. “Considerations on Interest Rate Exogeneity,” Department of Economics/IDEAS Conference, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, September 12, 2008.

 

  1. “Green Recovery,” Testimony before U.S. House of Representatives, Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, September 18, 2009.

 

  1. “Green Economics and the U.S. Working Class,” Harvey Goldberg Memorial Lecture, Brecht Forum, New York City, September 25, 2008.

 

  1. “How Green Growth Can Revive the U.S. Economy,” Distinguished Faculty Lecture, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, October 20, 2008.

 

  1. “Countering the U.S. Economic Crisis,” Testimony before U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Labor and Education, October 24, 2008.

 

  1. “The Roots of the U.S. Financial Crisis,” Clark University, November 10, 2008.

 

  1. “How Green Economics can Revive the Massachusetts Economy,” U Mass Amherst Green Jobs Conference, Springfield, MA, November 22, 2008.

 

  1. “What is Wrong with the IMF-Neoliberal Policy Model for Developing Countries?” Action Aid Conference on IMF Policies, December 10, 2008.

 

  1. “Green Economics and Employment,” American Enterprise Institute forum, February 12, 2009.

 

  1. “The Demise of Casino Capitalism: What is to be Done?” Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Minnesota-Minneapolis, February 23, 2009.

 

  1. “Fostering a Green Recovery,” Institute of World Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, February 24, 2009.

 

  1. “Financial Crisis, Labor Markets, and Income Distribution,” Department of Economics, Universidad de Complutense, June 29, 2009.

 

  1. “A Social Exit from the Crisis?” Universidad de a Coruna, June 30. 2009.

 

  1. “Clean Energy Investments: Job Creation, Poverty Reduction and Economic Growth,” National Academy of Sciences Forum on Climate Change Solutions,” July 21, 2009.

 

  1. “The Economic Logic and Moral Imperative of Full Employment,” Philip Gamble Lecture, Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, October 15, 2009.

 

  1. “A Unified Program for Job Creation and a Clean Energy Economy,” Department of Economics, New School for Social Research, October 20, 2009.

 

  1. “Green Growth and Sustainable Development,” United Nations General Assembly, New York, October 26, 2009.

 

  1. “Building the Green New Deal,” Conference of the Research Network on Macroeconomics and Macroeconomic Policies, Berlin, Germany, October 31, 2009.

 

  1. “The Economic Logic and Moral Imperative of Full Employment,” Conference on Full Employment and Living Wages, New York City, 11/12/09.

 

  1. “Estimating Job Creation through Clean Energy Investments,” PERI/Surdna Foundation Conference on Economics of Building a Clean Energy Economy, Surdna Foundation Headquarters, New York City, 3/23/10.

 

  1. “Issues in Regulating Commodities Futures Markets,” internal joint meeting of Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodities Futures Trading Commission, Washington, DC, 8/27/10.

 

  1. “Can the Green New Deal Really Work?” Harvard University Kennedy School Inequality and Social Policy Workshop, 9/21/10

 

  1. “Clean Energy Investments for the U.S. Economy: Impact on Employment Opportunities and Economic Growth,” Nicholas Institute of Duke University Workshop, October 8, 2010, Washington D.C.

 

  1. “Feasibility and Impact of a Financial Transaction Tax,” International Monetary Fund, October 9, 2010, Washington, DC.

 

  1. “Measurement and Methodological Issues in Building a Green Economy,” International Labour Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, October 25, 2010.

 

  1. “Are Green Jobs a Mirage or the Heart of the New Economy? Stanford University Institute for Economic Policy Research, 11/11/10.

 

  1. “The Path to Full Employment Today,” Department of Political Science, MIT, 2/24/11.

 

  1. “The Jobs Crisis and American Democracy,” Summit on Jobs and America’s Future, Washington, DC, 3/10/11.

 

  1. “Austerity is not a Solution,” U Mass/Boston Globe Seminar, Kennedy Library, U Mass Boston, 3/28/11.

 

  1. “The Agenda for Full Employment in the U.S.,” Reconnecting to Work, Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, UCLA, 4/1/11.

 

  1. “Debating Taboos: A Financial Transaction Tax,” Carnegie Institute for Peace—Washington, DC, 7/8/11, broadcast nationally over C-Span.

 

  1. “Theses on Weisskopf,” Festschrift Conference in honor of Thomas E. Weisskopf, Political Economy Research Institute, 9/30/11.

 

  1. “Raising the U.S. Living Standard through Controlling Climate Change,” University of Colorado conference on “A Brighter Future: Improving the Standard of Living Now and for the Next Generation,” Colorado Springs, CO, 10/21/12.

 

  1. “Washington Consensus and Neoliberalism,” “Labor Inclusion and Democratization,” and “South American Integration and Systemic Crisis of Capitalism,” lectures at conference on “State Form, Plurinationality and Constituent Transitions”, Ministry of Planning, National Government of Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador, 1/10/12 1/12/12.

 

  1. “Economic Development and Clean Energy Economy,” Georgia Tech Clean Energy Speaker Series, 1/25/12.

 

  1. “Why Building a Green Economy is an Engine of Job Creation,” conference on “What Works for Workers? Public Policies and Community-Based Strategies for Low-Wage Workers,” Georgetown University, 3/2/12.

 

  1. “Is Imperialism a Useful Concept in the Age of Financialization?” panel at New School for Social Research, 3/6/12.

 

  1. “Capitalism Today: Lessons from Europe,” panel at Heyman Center, Columbia University, 3./7/12.

 

  1. “Globalization of Labor: Is a Race to the Bottom Inevitable?” Cambridge Forum, 4/16/12.

 

  1. “Financialization and Financial Crisis in the U.S.,” meeting of FESSUD, University of the Basque Country, 7/3/12.

 

  1. “Building the Green New Deal in the United States,” plenary lecture, Japanese Society for Political Ecoonomy, Matsuyama University, 10/6/12.

 

  1. “Back to Full Employment,” keynote speech, National Nurses Union convention, Las Vegas, 12/12/13.

 

  1. “The Possibilities and Limits of Macroeconomic Policymaking,” presentation to conference on “A Trans-Atlantic Agenda for Shared Prosperity,” Macroeconomic Policy Institute/Frederich Ebert Stifgtung, Berlin, Germany, 3/11/13.

 

  1. “Policies for Employment Expansion and Poverty Reduction in Africa,” African Development Bank, Nairobi, Kenya, May 13 – 17, 2013.

 

  1. “Global Green Growth Project Progress Report,” Global Green Growth Institute, Seoul, South Korea, May 21 – 22, 2013.

 

  1. “Building a Full Employment Economy,” New York Public Library, 11/7/13

 

  1. “Austerity Economics and the Soul of U.S. Capitalism,” Department of Economics, Connecticut College, 11/21/14.

 

  1. “The Global Clean Energy Transformation,” UNIDO project presentation, New School for Social Research, New York, NY, December 12-13, 2013.

 

  1. “Austerity and its Discontents,” annual ASSA conference, January 4, 2014.

 

  1. “A Post-Austerity Agenda: Toward Full Employment,” Robert Heilbroner Memorial Lecture, Economics Department, New School for Social Research, 2/18/14.

 

  1. “An Egalitarian Program for Building a Clean Energy U.S. Economy,” (with James Boyce), Labor Network for Sustainability Conference, Washington, DC, March 11, 2014.

 

  1. “U.S. Inequality: Causes, Consequences, and Cures,” public lecture, Buffalo State University, 4/24/14.

 

  1. “Austerity and its Discontents,” Economics Department, Buffalo State University, 4/25/14.

 

  1. “The Global Clean Energy Transformation,” Department of Economics, University of California- Riverside, 5/4/14.

 

  1. “A Unified Program for Climate Stabilization and Expanding Job Opportunities,” Monis Institute Workshop, June 2014, London, UK.

 

  1. “The U.S. Green Energy Transformation,” Harvey Goldberg Memorial Lecture, Department of History, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 11/6/14.

 

  1. “The Economic Logic and Moral Imperative of Full Employment,” Lecture series on Ethics and Society, College of New Jersey, 11/13/14.

 

  1. “Building the Green Economy: Jobs and Climate Change,” Harvard Law School Labor and Worklife Program, 2/6/15.

 

  1. “Solutions to Climate Change: Growing Decent Jobs,” United Nations ESCSOC Integration Segment, 3/31/15.

 

  1. “The U.S. Green Energy Transformation,” Columbia University Seminar on Full Employment, Social Welfare and Equity,” 5/4/15.

 

  1. “A Clean Energy Investment Program for Spain,” PODEMOS offices, Madrid, Spain, 6/22.15.

 

  1. “Green Growth and Job Opportunities,” AFL/CIO Convention, Seattle, 7/23/15, keynote speaker.

 

  1. “Economics and Politics of Austerity in the U.S. and Europe,” Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata, 10/28/15.

 

  1. “An Egalitarian Green Growth Program for India,” Economics Department, Calcutta University, 10/29/15; Indian Institute of Management, 10/30/15; Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 11/3/15.

 

  1. “How to Fix the Planet,” 6th and Eye Synagogue, Washington, DC, 11/19/15, broadcast on C-Span, https://www.c-span.org/video/?400956-1/greening-global-economy-climate-change

 

  1. “Greening the Global Economy,” lecture at New School for Social Research, 12/2/15.

 

  1. “Using Public Procurement as Tool for Advancing U.S. Manufacturing,” presentation at U.S. Capital, 12/13/15.

 

  1. “Expanding Job Opportunities through Global Green Growth,” conference on “The Future of Jobs,” Mt. Holyoke College, 2/26/16.

 

  1. “Roundtable on Sustainable Finance,” FESSUD Conference, Brussels, Belgium, 9/28/16.

 

  1. “Lectures on Inclusive Finance in Sub-Saharan Africa,” African Development Bank, Nairobi, Kenya, 11/14 – 11/18/2016.

 

  1. “Lectures on Austerity and the Green Growth Alternative for Europe,” Madrid, Spain, 1/16 1/20/2017.