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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.”
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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." .
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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.
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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.
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"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.
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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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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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Fidan Ana Kurtulus, spoke at the US Senate on April 9, 2025, on the economic benefits of broad-based employee equity ownership, wherein workers have an ownership stake in the company where they work
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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.
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Progressive economist Gerald Epstein says global capitalists may no longer see the US as a “safe haven” under Trump.
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UMass Economics
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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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UMass Economics
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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.
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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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UMass Economics
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May 12, 2025 at 4pm to 5:30 pm EDT. In person at UMass Amherst or LIVESTREAM at Karl Marx’s magnum opus Capital, first published in 1867, remains one of the most influential books in the history of economics.
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Missed the 2025 Philip Gamble Memorial Lecture? Watch the recording! .Understanding Minimum Wage and Immigration Policies: Cause and Effect and Evidence-Based Approaches.With David Card, Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley
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UMass Economics
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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.” .
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Jayati Ghosh explains how the administration’s policies are fueling debt and instability across the developing world.
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"Pervasive racial and ethnic disparities in the U.S. petrochemical workforce" Michael Ash, coauthored a new study finding that people of color were consistently underrepresented among the highest-paid jobs & overrepresented among the lowest-paid jobs
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UMass Economics
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In a new video from INET, Ina Ganguli, shows how scientific breakthroughs—from vaccines to AI—are built on global talent flows.
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UMass Economics
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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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UMass Economics
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In a new video from INET, Ina Ganguli, shows how scientific breakthroughs—from vaccines to AI—are built on global talent flows.
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UMass Economics
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2025 Undergrad Events day. Thursday May 1st. Crotty & Gordon Halls.1pm EURA poster session.3pm Undergrad Debate.4pm Pizza picnic with 🆓Free Econ T-shirts!
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