Thomas Ferguson (academic)
- Thomas Ferguson (academic)
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fields = Political science
workplaces = University of Massachusetts Boston, MIT, University of Texas, Austin
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Thomas Ferguson is an American political scientist and author who studies and writes on politics and economics, often within an historical perspective. He is a political science professor at the University of Massachusetts Boston. He is also a contributing editor for the "The Nation".
Selected works
Ferguson has written numerous scholarly articles, many magazine pieces, and a number of books.
Scholarly
* "Betting on Hitler - The Value of Political Connections in Nazi Germany," "Quarterly Journal of Economics", Feb. 2008
* "The American Wage Structure, 1920-1947," "Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis", 2004
* "Mixed-Asset Portfolio Composition with Long-Term Holding Periods and Uncertainty," Levy Economics Institute Working Paper No. 249, Sep. 1998
Popular press
* " [http://www.thenation.com/doc/20081013/ferguson_johnson Bridge Loan to Nowhere?] ", "The Nation", 2008-09-24
Books
* 1987. "Golden Rule: The Investment Theory of Parties and the Logic of Money Driven Politics"
* 1986. "Right Turn: The Decline of the Democrats and the Future of American Politics"
* 1984. "The Political Economy: Readings in the Politics and Economics of American Public Policy"
External links
* [http://www.pol-sci.umb.edu/faculty/ferguson.html UMass Boston polisci profile]
* [http://www.publicpolicy.umb.edu/~pubpol/FERGUSON.HTM UMass Boston public policy profile]
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