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Committed to advancing, teaching, and applying social science to understand and improve our economy and society.
Amherst, MA
Joined January 2013
Jayati Ghosh, writes that the failure of other wealthy countries to show any real solidarity in response to President Trump’s hostile protectionist policies is a prime example of a growing appetite for “mutual assured destruction.”
project-syndicate.org
Jayati Ghosh criticizes wealthy countries for not providing the trivial sums required to sustain multilateral institutions.
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"Trump Is Trying To Reverse The New Deal".In an op-ed, Richard Wolff, (emeritus), writes that Project 2025, which the Trump administration is largely following, "targets what little remains of the New Deal: removing 'regulatory' state apparatuses." .
eurasiareview.com
After the end of World War II, the U.S. employer class—the capitalists—faced overlapping threats, both domestic and foreign. On the domestic side, a coalition of the Congress of Industrial...
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"What Germany's Economy Really Needs".Isabella Weber, has co-written an opinion piece arguing that new German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s economic strategy will not succeed.
foreignaffairs.com
Merz’s plans for rearmament and austerity won’t work.
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Kevin L. Young, economics, is interviewed for a Money story discussing his 2024 co-authored article analyzing where the world’s wealthiest people attended college.
money.com
"Harvard, it's not just standing out — it's completely abnormal."
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Bob Pollin,awarded the New School for Social Research's "Robert H. Mundheim Medal to the Living Spirit" during the New Schools' Awards ceremony. The medal is awarded each year to a "person who demonstrates dedication to the mission of the New School.
peri.umass.edu
PERI Co-Director Robert Pollin is the 2025 recipient of The New School for Social Research’s (NSSR) Robert H. Mundheim Medal to the Living Spirit. The Robert H. Mundheim Medal to the Living…
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Bob Pollin, to be awarded the New School for Social Research's "Robert H. Mundheim Medal to the Living Spirit" on May 15 during the New Schools' Awards ceremony.
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PERI Co-Director Robert Pollin is the 2025 recipient of The New School for Social Research’s (NSSR) Robert H. Mundheim Medal to the Living Spirit. The Robert H. Mundheim Medal to the Living…
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In an interview, Gerald Epstein, economics and co-director of PERI, says global capitalists may no longer see the US as a “safe haven” under Trump.
truthout.org
Progressive economist Gerald Epstein says global capitalists may no longer see the US as a “safe haven” under Trump.
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Jayati Ghosh, delivered "Power, Control, and Democracy in the 21st Century," the 2025 Heilbroner Lecture at the New School on April 29.
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Dr. Jayati Ghosh will deliver the annual Robert Heilbroner Memorial Lecture at The New School with an ambitious and critical analysis that honors Heilbroner’s own breadth and depth: Power, Control,...
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Jayati Ghosh and Léonce Ndikumana are featured in a new documentary chronicling the quest for global tax fairness and against capital flight.
umass.edu
Economists Jayati Ghosh and Léonce Ndikumana are featured in “Tax Wars,” a new documentary chronicling the quest for global tax fairness and against capital flight.
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"The Global South Will Pay for Trump’s Trade War".Jayati Ghosh, writes in a commentary that the result of new tariffs "could be an entirely manufactured global recession, with the developing world bearing the brunt.” .
project-syndicate.org
Jayati Ghosh explains how the administration’s policies are fueling debt and instability across the developing world.
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"A green and inclusive post-pandemic recovery of the Blue Economy and coastal communities".Marta Vicarelli, is the lead researcher for a transnational comparative study of economic recovery and climate resilience implementation after COVID-19.
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The UMass Amherst-led study compares the ‘green recovery’ of the four regions following the pandemic.
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Decolonial Reconstellations: A 3-volume edited series by Mwangi wa Gĩthĩnji, is co-editor of the series comprised of Dynamics of Deep Time and Deep Place, Dissolving Master Narratives, and Reconceiving Identities in Political Economy.
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Dynamics of Deep Time and Deep Place comprises one volume in an unprecedented three-volume set, collectively subtitled Decolonial Reconstellations. Together with Volume Two (Dissolving Master...
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Gerald Epstein was interviewed on WWLP local news about the future of the economy.
wwlp.com
(Mass Appeal) – The global economy is something everyone is thinking about from the leaders of countries to business owners, right down to you and I. Where are we and what does the future hol…
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